General criteria
To minimize the possibility to buy a fake, look for a good real whiskey you need only in large specialized stores that sell alcohol. If you have any doubts about the quality of the product, be sure to ask the seller to show a certificate of quality. Under existing rules, the shops are obliged on demand of the buyers to provide the appropriate documents.
In addition to specializing in the sale of alcoholic beverages stores, you can make a purchase in a large supermarket. Well, if you regularly buy there products and their quality that suits you, most likely, the quality of alcohol will also be on the level.
Always pay attention to the price. If whiskey is well-known brand is several times cheaper than you are used to, most likely, before you fake. Large stores and manufacturers sometimes have all sorts of promotions, reducing the price of their products, but usually the cost is reduced to a few tens of percent, and no more.
Appearance and taste
The appearance of the bottle can tell a lot about its contents. Counterfeit producers usually rely on inexperienced buyers, therefore saving on packaging. If you already know what kind of Scotch you want to buy, examine the exterior of the bottle and the labels on the website of the manufacturer of the drink, this will allow you to distinguish between a coarse forgery in the store. Quality whiskey bottle is made of good glass, it is a characteristic of the volumetric elements. The label should be well and smoothly pasted. The bottle should always be present excise. Its absence may indicate that the beverage was imported illegally or is fake.
Examine the color of the drink. Good whiskey is always transparent, it indicates the purity of the water and compliance with production technology. The color of whiskey can range from light yellow to rich brown, but it should not be cloudy or contain a precipitate.
There is a fairly simple way to distinguish a quality whiskey. Shake well the bottle and look at the resulting air bubbles. They must be very large and long. Good whiskey for a very long time drops flow down along the surface of the glass, fake it is very fast.
Good whiskey has a distinct taste and a long soft finish, taste, or smell of alcohol should not be felt. Normal whiskey has malt or oak with a soft and pleasant aroma.
Remember that poor-quality drinks can cause alcohol poisoning, so carefully choose a really good drink.
