18/11/2004 - After discovering a fake Arran recently, fearless fake hunter Ho-cheng Yao found a friend of him in the posession of yet another fake bottling yesterday. So, after the Arran, possibly a Loch Dhu and several bottlings
of Laphroaig on e-Bay we now uncovered a fake Mortlach. I'm afraid I have to say that the fakes here in he west seem to be superior in quality to the fakes found in Taiwan ;-) Obviously they tried to copy the Mortlach 16yo (Flora & Fauna).
However, just like the Arran (from '1982'), They did a pretty crappy job. They forgot the 'naturist' picture on the label, changed the age staement to 21yo and made lots of spelling mistakes on the label. Any label with statements about 'Singel malt', 'Keppt', distillerise' and 'waetr' should be viewed with extreme suspicion. Nasty buggers!
And that's not all...
Just compare the fake bottling at the far left with the genuine article next to it. As you can see the black tin 'collar' around the cork isn't there, the level of whisky in the bottle is very low and it seems to be 'sweating' already.
Thanks, Ho-cheng. Reason for another appeal to drammers everywhere to keep an eye out for fakes - and report them!
Man skall vara försiktig när man handlar på eBay... så man inte blir lurad!