Scapa reviews

I've already reviewed Scapa 1993 bottled by Gordon & MacPhail, but in 2005, whilst this has an extra ageing of two years, and a higher ABV: from 40 to 45%. Even the bottle is different.Enjoyed this one…

Hi there everyone,This is a new one, as I believe after thoroughly checking this page, and not just a new one; but a new one out of a set of two, for there'll shortly come a Scapa 1993 bottled in 2007…

So it's 11:30am on Christmas Eve - miraculously, most of the presents are wrapped. Pam just finished a huge baking session and is napping. So I'm taking a minute to check this now-discontinued bottling…

This Scapa is wrapped in mystery. I mean, I cannot find much about it. Apparently 213 bottles this 26 Year Old Scapa from 1977 were bottled by Ian McLeod’s for the Brussels restaurant L’Ecallier du…

The Skiren from Scapa is their NAS offering that should make you forget about the 16 Year Old. The Skiren were an East Germanian tribe that originally lived in today’s Poland. Around 230 BC they moved…

Scapa distillery is located at the head of Scapa bay, south-west of Kirkwall on the main island of the Orkney isles, and was established as a private company in 1885. Production was stopped between 1934…

My thanks to @newreverie for the reviewed sampleNose: sweet, with gentle malt, pleasant used wood aromas, very mild peat, and well-integrated brine. The malt smells nicely of a hybrid of cereal and grass…

In the last few months Scapa finally emerged from the shadows as a single malt distillery: new bottlings (even a peated !?! release), a visitors centre and unfortunately they too are ditching that ‘cu…

The Scapa single malt is one of legend for a young whisky fan like myself, and i know, legend is already an overused word in the world of single malt whisky "PR&Marketing". However the word seems suit…

This scotch may always be overlooked and under-appreciated. I am not sure if it's rare or not, but it seems to be under-reviewed too... If you see the bottle on the shelf, don't pass it up. This scotch…