Scapa 16yo (40%, OB, 2010) 

The replacement for the official bottling of the much loved 14yo (which was priced some what lower). None the less on the nose there is some very nice maltiness (lots of grain notes and very much the malt barn memories or even sweeping up split grain at Springbank; up on the top floor where the pigeons roost). There’s also a herbaceous note behind the malt and some nice sweetness, perhaps from some ex- American cask influence? The sweetness is quite fruity; lychee and marmalade. The taste is much like the nose but leans a little more to leather and tobacco with the ever present malt, the sweetness has vanished some what but what’s left is very good. All in all very enjoyable. The finish is an even mix of the malt and the leather and tobacco with some good black pepper and what not towards the end. Lots of mouth smacking malt and some bourbon notes and even a few hints of juniper. Long. 

Very nice, much drier than the 14yo which was very sweet but no complaints. 

C$110 (in some markets) 

86 Points