Skull Splitter
(has 2 batches)
Orkney Brewery in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.01
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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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle in a snifter glass. Clear, dark reddish brown with a foamy tan head that fizzed away pretty quickly. Aroma is boozy fruit cake, rum hints. Taste is broadly similar. Warming alcohol is surprisingly prominent for an 8.5% beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2017
at 16:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours a hazy ruby with a small, creamy, long lasting, tan head that laces. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, figs, dates, spice and alcohol. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, plums, raisins, figs, dates, spice and a hint of chocolate with warming alcohol in a dry, mildly bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. A decent scotch ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2017
at 00:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Normally I’m not a scotch ale aficionado but Skull Spitter may have turned that around. Bought in the cool elevations of Montana and sampled in the ungodly heat of West Texas. The 16.9 oz bottle delivers in my snifter glass a bold amber liquid and a slim, lacey light-beige foam. The nose is reminiscent of a Belgian ale, malt, raisin and hard candy. A drink gives me more of the malt, plum, licorice, a hint of sweetness. It finishes dry with a small bitterness. Surprisingly good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2017
at 17:35
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Clear rust colored pour with a thick beige head and great retention. Decent lacing. Scotch nose. Heavy mouthfeel. Very strong scotch flavor with dark fruit notes. 8.5 ABV is obvious. Semi harsh. Too strong for me.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2017
at 16:26