Scapa ‘The Orcadian’ 16 year old
We now start a run of 5 reviews taking us back to the heady days of 'lockdown' whisky tastings. 2019 saw the launch of Belfast Whiskey Week which predominantly was held in and around The Duke of York Bar in Belfast with the idea that considering Belfast's rich whiskey history it was time to celebrate that history with a week of whiskey related shenanigans. After a successful first year plans were in place for 2020 to be even bigger until that magical word entered our lives....Covid. In person tasting's were shelved and somehow the entire thing pivoted to online. Sample boxes were designed, produced and filled with liquid gold. The running order of the tastings was finalized, the event advertised and those special boxes were shipped literally worldwide. Some though were hand delivered by yours truly to the lovely folk of the Causeway Coast and I was even fortunate enough to host a few of the tastings. Fast forward to 2021 and things were still online and a new colour sch...
