Scapa reviews

I can't get over the impression of artificial grape when I nose this one, not bad artificial grape necessarily. It's like a grape lollipop, the kind with a loop stick, really sticky and tempting. There's…

The other Orkney malt... Never been convinced by malts from this distillery, they always seem a little bland, especially compared to Highland Park. This bottle starts well but goes downhill towards the…

Warm slow fruity arrival develops a smooth thick long evenly balanced fruity / vegetable / ashy finish.

Saved for moving into my first home I have been saving this for quite some time. Probably the first whisky I ever fell in love with and the true reason my obsession began.Got it for £50 but that was with…

I think Scapa 16 is underrated. It is a nice craft-oriented dram that really hit the spot after I gave a lecture yesterday and needed a respite. It does have a strange tincture mixed in with biscuit,…

Time for a 23 Year Old Scapa on a sherry cask, that I have put head-to-head to a 22 Year Old, matured on an Amontillado sherry cask, bottled three years earlier. This one is bottled at cask strength,…

When we think about Orkney, it is Highland Park that immediately comes to mind. But of course, Orkney has a second distillery. Unfortunately Scapa is not open to the public and they do not bottle a lot…

The Chieftain’s Choice series by Ian McLeod is somewhat hit & miss in my experience. I have had a terrible Dalmore Medoc Finish, a rather bland Strathmill, but also a nice Rosebank and a wonderful Isle…

The Scapa, is a single malt which has eluded me for a long time being a youthfull whisky amateur, although the location can wake the attention out of anyone who has a keen interest in military and esp…

After sampling and responding with my impressions, the bar maid got a hang of what I liked and did not like. I asked about this and she told me that I would not like it. I came back on another evening…