Derek Fabel: Nuclear Fallout Exposes Fake ‘Antique’ Whisky
The Scotch whisky industry faces a growing problem: fake vintage whiskies. Some bottles sold as rare single malts from the 1800s or early 1900s are actually much younger.
About Derek Fabel: Nuclear Fallout Exposes Fake ‘Antique’ Whisky
| 21st January 2026 | |
| 7.30pm - 9pm | |
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The Glasgow Academy Kelvinbridge The Glasgow Academy Colebrooke Street, Glasgow West End G12 8HE |
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| £15 for general admission. Free for RSGS Members, Students and U18s. | |
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The Scotch whisky industry faces a growing problem: fake vintage whiskies. Some bottles sold as rare single malts from the 1800s or early 1900s are actually much younger, sometimes made as recently as the 1980s or even the 2000s. These counterfeits don’t just fool collectors; they also damage the reputations of auction houses, retailers and distilleries and isotope science is stepping in to help. Nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and early 1960s left a unique chemical signature in the atmosphere, specifically carbon-14, or radiocarbon, that allows us to estimate when a whisky was distilled. This talk uses whisky dating as a vehicle to explore isotopes, accelerator mass spectrometry, radiocarbon dating and the global carbon cycle.
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