DETECTION OF ADULTERATION IN LIQUOR BY CONGENER ANALYSIS

Author(s): B.P. More*

Abstract: In alcoholic beverages, there are impurities called congeners produced during fermentation, which are responsible for some of the taste, aroma, and colour of what you drink. These impurities are not the sole cause of a hangover, yet they do seem to contribute in some manner to the severity. Not everything you drink is created equal when it comes to the concentration of these impurities. “Top Shelf” bottles generally contain fewer impurities than the type of booze you find in plastic bottles. This is because expensive liquor usually undergoes a more rigorous distillation process. In this paper, an attempt is made to find the duplication in liquor samples by congener analysis. This approach is useful to find out the suspected duplicate samples.

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