scapa 14 year old
- Distillery
- Scapa
- Style
- Single Malt
- Release
- Unspecified
- Age
- 14 Years
- Alcohol
- 40% abv.
- Region
- Scotland, Island
- Bottled For
- Distillery
A classic coastal style of malt, it has sweet, toffee edges with notes of heather honey on the silky-smooth palate.
review by rowey
- Color
- Amber gold
- Nose
- Sweet vanilla and honey, heather, floral and fruit notes.
- Body
- Creamy and mouth coating.
- Palate
- The flavour lives up to the nose. Sweet butterscotch, honey and soft smoke.
- Finish
- Slowly warming, slightly peppery. Can be a little bitter sometimes, but another sip fixes that!
I really like this malt. An excellent dram to have with dessert.
review by coloradodram
- Color
- Medium-dark gold
- Nose
- Honey heather, sugar cane (like a fine aged rum), fruity pears
- Body
- Thin viscosity, though a deceivingly cool and creamy feeling on the tongue
- Palate
- Bitter rubber tires, sweet Orkney heather, followed by a lingering cereal sugar cane
- Finish
- Short, but medium warmth, with just a bit more petrol afterbreath than my liking
I give them props for this expression. It delivers the good character one expects from Orkney - but it just lacks a little refinement. I agree with other reviewers that this is best enjoyed neat.
review by mp
- Color
- Amber
- Nose
- butterscotch, orange, smoke
- Body
- Thick
- Palate
- Peat, orange, slight iodine. bitter.
- Finish
- very long lingering finish, hot.
Although a very good whisky, this one was a bit of a disappoint - I found it too bitter on the palate, however, I did enjoy the aroma. Overall quite well balanced.
review by red hare
- Color
- Straw gold
- Nose
- Salty seas, lavender, wet stones, pineapple! Muted, faint citrus notes.
- Body
- Syrupy and thick, but not heavy.
- Palate
- Salty and tangy. Sweet pineapple, beefsteak tomatoes, salt caramel. Earthy and malty.
- Finish
- Medium length. Salty seaweed, Japanese nori (dried seaweed you get in sushi rolls). Something sweet, not sure what.
Very interesting. Salt and tangy fruit notes, something I like very much. Scapa usually tastes of pineapple to me, although I'm not sure any other tasting notes I've read describe it as such. Better than the 12 year old.
review by jim ruddy
- Color
- Gold
- Nose
- Heather, Lavender
- Body
- Thin and light.
- Palate
- Sweet, Cooked Fruit, Mild Wood, Heather
- Finish
- A fairly short finish. Inoffensive.
A light, smooth inoffensive single.
review by fyoder
- Color
- honey
- Nose
- chocolate, fruity
- Body
- thin, watery, light
- Palate
- bitter sweet chocolate malt
- Finish
- medium long finish, aromatic
Tasty sweetness. excellent value.
review by colin
- Color
- Old Gold
- Nose
- Alcohol, Strong, Malt, Caramel, Burnt sugar, Lots of wood, Salt, Candy ginger, Butter
- Body
- Mild and sweet. Medium weight.
- Palate
- Caramel, Malt, Butter, Slightly sour grassiness. Water brings out more creamy butter and more peat.
- Finish
- Clean, Spicy, Grassy, Vanilla, Nutmeg. Water brings out alot of butter.
Very creamy and buttery with a perfect dash of saltiness. Slightly grassy sour and vanilla finish. Dont water this one. If you do, water it very slightly for more butter, but more sour aswell.
