84 / 100
Usually Scapa is a bit too polite for my cabinet but this distillery reserve actually shows up for work. At 58.5% ABV it has the cask strength backbone needed to balance those sweet fruit notes. It is a direct bourbon cask expression with a decent oak grip and enough warm spice to make it worth the higher proof.
Reviewed by WhiskyGuru
- Nose
- foam banana sweets, ripe apricot and pineapple juice, fresh menthol and mint leaves, salty sea spray
- Palate
- creamy milky porridge, lemon vanilla mousse, sharp lime cordial, crisp green apple
- Finish
- charred oak grip, soft black pepper, peppermint tea, chalky minerals