Each whiskey manufacturer seeks to make their whiskey unique and hit on a sensory profile that that their customers will enjoy and differentiate them self from the other competitors. This study is to determine the different "chemical fingerprints" of a group of top selling whiskeys in the United States by comparing their chemical profiles. The chemical profiles were analyzed by in house developed GC-FID and GC-MS recipes analyzing compounds like esters, fatty acids, and Cresols composition. This allowed us to compare products across the various whiskey types to compare and contrast their attributes. Interestingly some classifications groups had very similar fingerprints while others had very large differences. We explored these differences and theorize some possibilities for these similarities and differences within and between these classification groups. This information is useful for large and small distillers alike in that these large selling whiskeys set the benchmarks for the customers on their particular genera of whiskey.

Developing and analyzing the chemical fingerprint for popular whiskeys sold in the US

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