Commentary for Kiddushin 104:5
דתניא כיצד אמרו תורם שלא מדעת תרומתו תרומה הרי שירד לתוך שדה חבירו וליקט ותרם שלא ברשות אם חושש משום גזל אין תרומתו תרומה ואם לאו תרומתו תרומה
Then the owner of the beer came and found him. Said he to him, 'Why did you not give [her] of this [beer, which is] stronger? ' When he came before Raba, he said to him.' Go to the better' was said only in reference to terumah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 6. infra.');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
This is the end of Rava’s ruling. In this case, the owner of the beer did not really want the brewer to use his beer to betroth a woman. He was simply embarrassed that poor quality beer was used. But the beer did not belong to the brewer and therefore he cannot betroth with it.
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