Scapa Special
Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.43
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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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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Corks, Bristol. Gold in colour with a fluffy, white and moderate carbonation. Sweet malty aroma with some fruit and floral hops. Flavours of caramel, citrus hop and a slightly roasty, dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2010
at 08:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Bon Accord. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of flowery hops and fruits. Flavour has biscuit malts, fruity hops. Slightly bitter finish. Good drinkable.
Rerate: cask @ Bon Accord. Nice, fruity, refreshing. +.3
Rerate: cask @ Bon Accord. Nice, fruity, refreshing. +.3
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2009
at 17:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Hops & Malt, Leith 12 Nov 08. Golden brown colored. A creamy head. Aroma of citrus. Rounded flavor of fruit, hops & malt. Dry fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2009
at 15:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Gallows Bird, Espoo, on 2009-01-23) Golden. Clear. Toffee in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate. Toffee, bitterness, malts, sweetness, bitterness and grass in taste. Toffee and bitterness in aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2009
at 06:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF08. OK refreshing hop aroma. Clear golden colour, very small white head. Good fruity flavour. Some citric grain notes, but not bad. Hint of mold. OK mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2008
at 05:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at GBBF, London, 7 Aug 2008) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, grassy nose with citrus. Fruity taste with grass and citrus, leading to a grassy, rather bitter finish. Solid malt foundation with balanced sweetness. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2008
at 14:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Coastguard, St Margarets. Fruity strong pale ale. Really quite good. Some toffee, some moderate hop on end. A traditional pale ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2008
at 06:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF 2007. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of hops, while the flavor is very sweet - making it somewhat sticky in the mouth, with notes of malt and flowery hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2007
at 14:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[i] Cask at the Market Porter, Southwark, London 27-10-07 [/i] Pours a dark golden colour with thin white head. Not much of an aroma detected but what there was came across as possibly fruity. Tasted pleasantly bitter and started off great, wonderful fullness of flavour lovely maltiness and bitterness, quite dry towards the end, but it never quite pulled it off and failed to be the truly great beer that I thought it might be. Coulda’ been a contender!
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2007
at 03:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2007. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Fruity malty citrus aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty fruity hoppy flavor. Has a long malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2007
at 04:19