Our Services
Our service analyses include compositional and sensory analysis for a range of quality control, troubleshooting, authenticity and product development applications. In addition to whisky, we analyse a wide range of other samples including new-make spirits, other spirits and associated production samples.
Examples of the most requested analyses are listed below. Many of these are UKAS accredited. If the analysis you require is not on the list, please ask. We have the skills to develop bespoke methods on behalf of our member companies. In the rarer instances where we cannot carry out the testing in-house, we have strong links with other laboratories and can facilitate this on your behalf.
In addition to providing results and test reports, we help our members with their interpretation and application. Some of the more routine analyses are also available to non-member companies.
SERVICE ANALYSES
- Apparent & Actual Alcohol Strength*
- Authenticity Analysis & Interpretation*
- Bespoke Testing by GC-MS, LC-MS, GC-Olfactometry
- Certificates of Analysis
- Ethyl Carbamate*
- Major Volatile Congeners (Higher Alcohols)*
- Maturation Related Congeners by HPLC* & UPLC*
- Particulate Matter
- Phenols in Spirit & Malted Barley
- Predicted Spirit Yield of Malted Barley & Other Cereals
- Sensory Evaluation
- Sugars by IC* and RIDA®CUBE
We operate a rigorous quality system and many of our routine analytical methods* are accredited for testing by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS Schedule of Accreditation for SWRI Services Ltd). To support this, we participate in several proficiency schemes including DAPS (Distillers Analytes Proficiency Scheme) and MAPS (Malt Analytes Proficiency Scheme). The performance of our sensory panel is also independently monitored with panellists participating in regular sensory proficiency tests. For more information please email general.swri@swri.co.uk.