An artificial ‘tongue’ which can taste subtle differences between drams of whisky could help cut down on the trade in counterfeit alcohol, scientists say.
Fake whisky is a big problem. More than a third of vintage Scotch whiskies tested at a specialist laboratory were found to be fake, according to a study conducted in 2018 by the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC). Twenty-one out of 55 bottles, potentially worth a combined £635,000, were confirmed as being either fake…
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