Whiskey is a noble and expensive drink. However, fake surrogates are not uncommon on store shelves. Scottish scientists have developed a device for determining the authenticity of a drink, but until it goes on the free market, you can determine the quality of whiskey using simple rules.
Instructions
Step 1
Examine the bottle carefully. It must have an excise stamp on it. Study the label carefully. If it is crookedly glued with drips of glue, this should immediately raise doubts about the authenticity of the drink. The inscription "Scotch Whiskey" indicates that this is an imitation. The Blended label says that this is a mixture of different whiskeys, but the inscription "Distilled and aged in Scotland" also does not guarantee the naturalness of the drink. Whiskey could very well have been made from semi-finished products and diluted with water outside of Scotland. Deluxe and Premium labels tell you that this is an elite whiskey. This drink cannot contain methanol, ethanol, other alcohol impurities, fragrances, flavors and food additives. Essential whiskey ingredients: barley, barley malt, corn.
Step 2
Take a close look at the color of the drink. In natural whiskey, it ranges from light golden to rich, dark golden. Surrogate imitations are often brown, cloudy, and sedimentary.
Step 3
Once you open the bottle, smell the whiskey. It should be light with a malty, oaky or sweetish undertone, with notes of vanilla, fruit or flowers. The surrogate drink usually tastes like alcohol. Turn the bottle upside down. The counterfeit drink will drip down the sides of the bottle, and if you purchased a quality whiskey, then a large drop should fall from the bottom of the bottle.
Step 4
Taste the whiskey. This drink is soft, it has a balanced taste and leaves behind a long aftertaste. A good whiskey is made from malt and the finest ingredients. It necessarily goes through several stages of filtration, which affects the taste and leads to much less hangover syndrome.
Step 5
Buy whiskey only from trusted suppliers or trusted stores
