\nBenRiach 10yo Curiositas: 8.61 \u00b1 0.28 on 20 reviews ($$$)
\nBruichladdich Islay Barley: 8.57 \u00b1 0.20 on 13 reviews ($$$$)
\nDalwhinnie 15yo: 8.65 \u00b1 0.35 on 20 reviews ($$$$)
\nHighland Park 10yo: 8.52 \u00b1 0.26 on 15 reviews ($$$)
\nHighland Park 12yo: 8.64 \u00b1 0.23 on 26 reviews ($$$)
\nJura 10yo Origin: 8.06 \u00b1 0.35 on 17 reviews ($$$)
\nJura 12yo Elixir: 8.32 \u00b1 0.45 on 11 reviews ($$$)
\nJura Superstition: 8.29 \u00b1 0.45 on 23 reviews ($$$)
\nHighland Park Magnus: 8.64 \u00b1 0.17 on 8 reviews ($$$)
\nOban 14yo: 8.49 \u00b1 0.37 on 23 reviews ($$$$)
\nOban Little Bay: 8.36 \u00b1 0.39 on 12 reviews ($$$$)
\nScapa 16yo: 8.29 \u00b1 0.29 on 16 reviews ($$$$)
\nScapa Skiren: 7.96 \u00b1 0.56 on 12 reviews ($$$$)<\/strong><\/p>\n
I sampled this single malt from my brother’s bottle.<\/p>\n
Nose<\/strong>: Sweet peat, with light smoke. Sickly-sweet honeysuckle (honeyed indeed!). Standard pear and apple. Maybe a touch of pineapple. Very basic, not a lot going on here. I’m detecting some youthful organic notes, but the light peat helps to obscure these somewhat.<\/p>\n Palate<\/strong>: Incredibly sweet arrival, with very simple sugar and light honey. Pear. Lemon peels. Buttered toast. Very light mouthfeel. Not getting a lot of wood spices, beyond standard nutmeg and a bit of cinnamon. Very little evidence of the peat now. Seems pretty tame (and dull, to be honest).<\/p>\n Sad to say, but I find this to be a very forgettable whisky – there is nothing that really stands out for me. There is just too little character. That said, it is not particularly offensive, and I don’t get a lot of off-notes. I suppose it could be a decent palate opener, before trying more sophisticated whiskies in an evening.<\/p>\n Among reviewers, the highest score I’ve seen comes from Richard of the Whiskey Reviewer<\/a>, followed by Jim Murray. Generally positive (though with lower scores) are Serge of Whisky Fun<\/a> and Jan of Best Shot Whisky<\/a>. But I’m personally in the camp of Thomas of Whisky Saga<\/a>, Oliver of Dramming<\/a>, Gavin of Whisky Advocate<\/a> and the boys at Quebec Whisky<\/a>. Just not enough character for me to recommend, especially for the price. You are best sticking with an entry-level HP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being a big fan of the other Orkney island distillery (Highland Park), I’ve been curious to try a Scapa release. Literally right down the road from HP, this second-most-Northerly distillery in Scotland produces a relatively gentle and honeyed based spirit, considered to be lightly-peated. Originally founded in 1885, it was acquired in the 1950s by classic Canadian whisky producer Hiram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,80,94,141,17],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whiskies","tag-nas","tag-peated","tag-scapa","tag-scottish","tag-single-malt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5347,"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions\/5347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"scapa-skiren\"](\"http:\/\/whiskyanalysis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Scapa.Skiren.jpg\")
Finish<\/strong>: Not much of one. Apple juice and some Juicy Fruit gum linger, with some very light oak spice. A touch of smoke returns at the end, but is subtle. Unfortunately some oak bitterness creeps in over time, detracting on the way out.<\/p>\n