I would think the spectrometry could easily distinguish between geniune peat smoke and gym sock residue.
We use only the cleanest of gym socks, for your information!.............
Posted on 07/25/2011 10:38:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
Methods for distinguishing between authentic and counterfeit Scotch whisky brands have been devised by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Researchers from the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry have found new ways to compare the content of whisky samples to determine if they are the whisky on the label or an imitation brand.
A series of blind tests successfully put the real whisky brand and the fakes in the right categories. The system could enhance the technology industry uses to tackle the trade in illicit whisky, which costs huge sums in lost revenue and threatens brand reputation.
Professor David Littlejohn, who led the research, said: "The whisky industry has tools at its disposal for telling authentic and counterfeit whisky brands apart but many of them involve lab-based analysis, which isn't always the most convenient system if a sample needs to be identified quickly.
"There's a growing need for methods that can provide simpler and faster identification and we have developed a system which could be adapted for devices to use on site, without the need to return samples to a lab. It could be of great benefit to an industry which is hugely important to the economy."
The researchers analysed 17 samples of blended whisky, looking at the concentration of ethanol in the samples without diluting them and the residue of dried whisky. They did so with mid-infrared spectrometry, used with immersion probes that incorporate novel optical fibres developed by Scottish based company Fibre Photonics Ltd, who co-sponsored the research. The procedures developed can provide prompt, accurate analysis without the complexity and cost of some other systems.
The levels of ethanol and colourant led them to identify correctly the eight authentic and nine counterfeit samples.
The project research paper has been published in Analytica Chimica Acta.
Just stick with the “Dewar’s White Label” if you’re looking for a quality blended whiskey....you’ll be fine.
Black Velvet, if you please......................
“blended whisky”
There’s your problem right there.
I like ‘blended’.................
How do you know the brown liquid in that “Dewar’s White Label” bottle is really “Dewar’s White Label” whisky?
If you can’t tell simply by tasting it then what’s the point?
Glen Fiddich and that’s that
Counterfeiters.
Black market.
Da Mob.......................
I would think the spectrometry could easily distinguish between geniune peat smoke and gym sock residue.
Agreed
I like both....................
The Chinese and Japanese are not going to like this one bit!
Oh yea, lots of people do.
ping
I would think the spectrometry could easily distinguish between geniune peat smoke and gym sock residue.
We use only the cleanest of gym socks, for your information!.............
My guests don’t realize that my MD 20/20 bottles actually contain the cheaper Wild Irish Rose, I have been getting away with it for years.
- Ogden Nash
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