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Spirits Analyses at Tatlock & Thomson
At our Inverkeithing laboratories, we operate the full range of distilling production analytical requirements. These include:
- Water analyses of private supplies to the current European and Scottish water regulations. Accredited to UKAS and standards including sampling.
- General distilling microbiology including yeast viability and wash bacteria.
- Malt Analysis including, moisture, extract, predicted spirit yield (PSY), SO2, Ethyl carbamate (EC), nitrosamines (NDMA) and malt phenols spectrum (peating levels).
- Distillery wash analysis; determination of OG, FG and alcohol content by customs and excise (C&E) procedures.
- New make spirit analysis including phenols, NDMA, EC, esters and higher alcohols.
- Pot ale and spent lees analyses for trace alcohol, copper, heavy metals BOD and COD.
- Matured spirit analyses to include maturation congeners, strength, higher alcohols, fixed and volatile acidity, aldehydes and furfural. Also lead and SO2.
- Certificates of analyses on bulk and bottled products.
- Analyses and consultancy on barrel wood quality.
In addition to the above laboratory analyses, we also carry out on- site distillery work throughout the Scotch whisky industry in relation to yields or spirit quality.
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