Scapa is the far less talked about distillery on Orkney. Whilst Highland Park strives on a good reputation built from from decades ago and until today, and quite some marketing, Scapa is quietly distilling and putting out a whisky, in my opinion, often overlooked although often of very good quality.
Scapa 13yo 50% Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask
There have been two different 13yo Scapas from DL, one distilled in 1991 and one in 1993, I can't find which one this miniature is. The color is light, borderline white wine. It smells of peppery, ginger, coastal, salty, seaweed, marsh, grains, floral notes. The taste is of furniture polish, oak, apples, stewed fruits, grassy, herbal-ish, very light and fairly out of sync with the nose.
An alright whisky, one for the highland whisky drinkers: 5
Skerridhu/Scapa 15yo 58.6% The Whisky Connoisseur
There's some strength in this one, let's hope it doesn't go all spirity. The color is once again light golden. It smells of grape fruit, orange zest, salty, boiled shrimps, heather, peppery notes, bitter, black pepper, ginger, maror, goldenseal, grass, hay, horehound. A lot of bitter notes in this one. The taste is of cale, potato starch, raw eggs, turnips, peppery, oaky, grainy, ginger again and turmeric, spicy. Its not spirity at all, rather a strange mix of tastes and scents which will result in baffling everyone that suggested this was a lowlander, when tasted blind.
Good stuff, bitter, herbal, floral and much more: 7
Next tasting: Balvenie Distillery
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