Scapa 1979 23 Year Old Ian Macleod

Scapa 16 Year Old

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 also an impression of wax or fat, maybe pork fat. A creamy maltiness is also there, with honey and red fruit. For taste, it is really a fine...

Score 89/100

Scapa 1993 (bottled 2005)

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 also by our favorite friends Gordon and MacPhail. Well, what's this about? OK, picture yourself back in Dec 2015, you're in the all-so-luxurious...

Score 92/100

Scapa 16 Year Old

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 a discount for quite a thorough whisky tasting session in Cambridge. Not a bad price if you ask me. Though the guy told us that the distillery...

Score 91/100

Scapa 23 Year Old 1979 Chieftain’s Choice

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, though, so quite different most likely. The nose is relatively soft and not very expressive. Grassy with vanilla, apple sauce and some oatmeal with...

Score 86/100