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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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
7.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2023
at 11:24
7.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2019
at 17:09
7.2/10
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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.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2018
at 16:36
5.4/10
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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.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2017
at 08:41
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2017
at 13:42
5.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2015
at 07:38
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2015
at 12:08