Scapa 1984 Gordon & Macphail

Scapa 14 Year Old

Nose is of fine, tight grained oak and floral almost rosey bouquet. Very clear, light golden in colour. Flavours start salty and oceanic with a short finish.

Score 70/100

Scapa 16 Year Old

My thanks to @newreverie for the reviewed sample Nose: 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 flavours. This is mild and comforting, but sufficient in intensity to satisfy. Very good nose. Score: 22.5/25 Taste: tart citrus is added to...

Score 86/100

Scapa 16 Year Old

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 and ordered it anyway from a different bartender. My notes were that it was just too plain for my tastes and I won't order it again. I should have...

Score 75/100

Scapa 1983 Vintage G&M

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 ‘cumbersome’ age statement. With whiskies like the Orcadian, an NAS release by Scapa, we are far from the era where independent bottler Gordon &...

Score 76/100