The most expensive whiskey in the world, one dram (a minimum portion) of the Chinese businessman has paid $ 10,000, were fake.
Dram of whiskey from the bottle «the Macallan 1878» sold in a Swiss hotel , The Waldhaus Hotel in July this year for a four-digit amount, making it the most expensive in the world a drink of malt and grain. The cost of the bottle as a whole amounted to $ 300,000.
However, opening the bottle for the buyer, seasoned experts felt the smell … the rats, and were very excited by this fact. Content it was decided to thoroughly study. The analysis was conducted at the University of Oxford.
Thoroughly tested the whisky, the researchers came to the conclusion that it is a fake. In the bottle discovered really drink Scotch, but very poor quality, dated no earlier than 1970 (100 years later than the claimed date of issue).
In addition, the inscription on the label was made with errors, the tube looked too new, and the bottle is made of modern glass. Everything about the company «Macallan and Talisker Distilleries Ltd.», which according to the manufacturer of the specified vintage of the beverage industry-whisky you’ve never heard of.
36-year-old Chinese businessman who bought one fake dram of whiskey back the money spent.
According to the statement of the current owner of the hotel where they sold the miracle of whiskey, the bottle was purchased over 25 years ago by his father. More details about the purchase (initial cost, seller name, etc.) were not named.
