Skull Splitter (Cask)
(Batch of Skull Splitter)
Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
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.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a bright dark mahogany with short head. Aromas of dry caramel, raisins and bready malts. Flavors follow same but with drier more bitter malts more like bread crusts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark reddish with moderate cream foam, big bubbled. Aroma is liquor, molasses. Body is average with limited carbonation. Taste is medium-high sweet. Finish is nothing particular.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Clear amber, white head. Malty fruit, big hops, there's not a lot else to it but it's a simple thing done beautifully. Really good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pendle Beer Festival 2017. Dark reddish-brown. Certainly strong but there’s some hops available too, and a few malts of note.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown with no head. Aroma is really malty and woody. Flavour is similar but with a dry finish. Also some dried fruit.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Cavens Arms, Dumfries. Pours hazy amber with a rocky white head. Aromas of red fruit, light booze note. Taste is fruity, warming. Strangely thin on the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF 2015. Brown-orange, rather clear, frothy head. Vinous nose, raisin, plums, orange, caramel. Tart and fruity, plum, raisin, green apple, sherry. Caramel and chocolate, booze. Hoppy, bitter, boozy finish. Decent, original.