World's most expensive dram of Scotch was a fake

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World's most expensive dram of Scotch was a fake
By Magnus Bennett
BBC Scotland news website   02 November 2017


The dram was bought for £7,600

A dram of vintage Scotch bought by a Chinese millionaire in a Swiss hotel bar for £7,600 was a fake, laboratory tests have concluded.

Analysts from Scotland were called in by the Waldhaus Am See hotel in St Moritz after experts questioned the authenticity of the 2cl shot.

It had been poured from an unopened bottle labelled as an 1878 Macallan single malt.

It is believed to be the largest sum ever paid for a poured dram of Scotch.

But analysis found that it was almost certainly not distilled before 1970.

The hotel said it had accepted the findings and reimbursed the customer in full.

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Mr Bernasconi broke the bad news to Mr Zhang when he flew out to China to reimburse him recently.

He added: "When I showed him the results, he was not angry - he thanked me very much for the hotel's honesty and said his experience in Switzerland had been good.

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[Frank Cannon]

But analysis found that it was almost certainly not distilled before 1970.

I don't know. A '70 Macallen would be a score.

[libertybele]

But analysis found that it was almost certainly not distilled before 1970.

I don't know. A '70 Macallen would be a score.

The taste test would have been enough for me and I doubt I would have then gone through the trouble of having it tested for age.