Scapa Special

Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular

Score

6.44

ABV: 4.4%

IBU: -

Ticks: 61

Our flagship beer - the one Rob brewed first and still the beer we brew most of. Scapa Special is a classic pale ale with wide appeal. Ever so balanced, the skill that Rob has so well honed, this beer and biscuity malt upfront and delicate but ascending hops in the middle and end. Three malts and five hops - from Britain, Germany and the US - make Scapa Special a classic pale ale.

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tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From cask at The Abbotsford Bar, Edinburgh. Fruity and mild hoppy with a touch of stone fruit, malt, light floral. Moderate bitter, light sweet. Gentle beer.

Tried from Cask at Abbotsford on 03 Jul 2025 at 21:51

6.4

jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 10 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Old rating from 2012 - Pint from the cask at Cloisters bar in Edinburgh. Pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of earth, grain, bread, cereal & malt. Moderate body. Mildly bitter finish

Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2025 at 21:08

Jamesie1857 (4455) ticked Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 2 years ago

On cask at Dores Inn, Dores - slightly foggy yellow body with a little white top. Sweetish caramel with a slightly hoppy bitterness at the end. Very pleasant.

Tried from Cask on 11 Jun 2023 at 13:09

eurosoba (18570) ticked Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 2 years ago

03/05/2013. BREWERY TAP, 40-42 Ock Street, ABINGDON, Oxfordshire, England (GREENE KING). Check-in dates from when the brewery was known as Highland (see photo)

Tried from Draft on 28 Feb 2023 at 10:55

6.2

Foffern (3540) reviewed Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at home. Pours a slightly hazy amber colour light beige head. Aroma of fudge, grass, bread, flowers and some leather and dried apricots. Flavour of grass, bread, leather, pine and some fudge in the background. Has a slick mouth feel, light body and a light to medium bitterness. Decent with a nice mix of malts and hops.

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2022 at 18:22

6.8

CambridgeUtd (3880) reviewed Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Amber, clear with medium white head. A sweet malt, caramel and some fruit aroma. Good bitterness with a malt and caramel end

Tried on 09 Apr 2022 at 20:03

rozsoma (2953) ticked Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 8 years ago

Cask @ Ferry Inn, Stromness. Címkéjéhez méltóan igazi zászlóshajó mindenféle értelemben.

Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2017 at 13:14

6.1

Mabuzzer (2123) reviewed Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle. Cleat golden with a decent white head. Sweet malt aroma, flavour is malt forward with some fruity hop in the finish

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2017 at 15:47

6.6

Thomas_W1 (5738) reviewed Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Flasche 0,5l: Kräftiges Gold, leichte Trübung, feinporiger mäßig stabiler Schaum; kräftige fruchtige Bitterkeit in der Nase, kräftige Hopfennoten, recht trocken, Grapefruit; im Körper kräftige fruchtige Bitterkeit, Hopfennoten, Malz, etwas Getreide, kräftig nach Grapefruit, cremig, deutliche Kohlensäure, sehr trocken; angenehmer fruchtig bitterer Nachgang

Tried on 24 May 2017 at 02:59

Vassago666 (2538) ticked Scapa Special from Swannay Brewery 8 years ago

Tried on 14 May 2017 at 07:24