Skull Splitter
Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.00
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Skull Splitter is one of our strongest beers, named after Thorfinn Einarsson the 7th Viking Earl of Orkney.
It is a sophisticated, satiny smooth and full flavoured beer. It has a rich fruity wine-like complexity with flavours of fresh and dried fruits, warm exotic spice and mellow summer fruity notes.
Hops: East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate,Malted Wheat
It is a sophisticated, satiny smooth and full flavoured beer. It has a rich fruity wine-like complexity with flavours of fresh and dried fruits, warm exotic spice and mellow summer fruity notes.
Hops: East Kent Goldings
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate,Malted Wheat
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6.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2025
at 17:57
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
from Cask
at
Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA)
on 25 Aug 2025
at 13:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
20/8/2025. Cask at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival. Good pour. Toffee, woody, marzipan, dried fruit, fruit cake, touch spiced aroma. Very smooth. Sweet initially, with long drying bitterness. Good body. Enjoyed this.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2025
at 12:51
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Old rating from 14-06-15 - 330ml bottle from Dunell's in Jersey. Pours brown with a off white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of toffee, dark fruits, herbs, banana & a fair amount of alcohol. Medium body. Sweet moderate bitter finish. I didn't enjoy this at all & it was hard to finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2025
at 10:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. I can’t believe this is listed as a barley wine cause it tastes more like a bock to me, Pours a reddish brown. Aroma is caramel and syrup. Very light in the mouth, a bit of a hops kick and some carbonation. Pretty durned good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 00:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. I would have classified this as a "Wee Heavy", but anyway a very tasty beer. Love the dark color and the aroma has a pleasant "comfortable" smell about it. Highly recommended and would have again and again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sharp cereal malts, lots of caramel, dark fruit and soft charry notes with a hint of grassy hops in the finsh. Good carbonation, and a perfect mouth feel. To me though, this leans closer to an english style barley wine.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Аромат солодовый, очень пряный, яркие нотки от меда и патоки с карамелью. Немного перчика как будто, цветочность. Цвет странный, темно коричневый наверно. Пенка средняя, весьма скудная, но держится легко. Вкус классический для стиля разве что, при глотке горчинка сильнее. Ощущается снова много солода и специй он нее. Уже больше меда чем патоки. Карамель есть, но не сильная. Горчинка неплохая при глотке, весьма длительная. В целом хороший образец.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:30
6/10
Sweet, caramel, toffee, alcohol, booze, roast, raisins
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 13:31
7/10
Magus, karamelline, linnaseline, puuviljane, rosinane, kerge alks. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 13:09