Scapa

About Scapa

Its history includes a fire in 1919, liquidation in 1934, a return to production in 1936, and a major rebuild under Hiram Walker in the late 1950s, when a Lomond still was introduced. Scapa later passed through Allied ownership before becoming part of Pernod Ricard in 2005.

Scapa is known for a softer Orcadian style than many people expect from an island whisky, with a character built around honeyed fruit rather than peat smoke. The distillery remains relatively small and manually operated, uses rain-fed water from the Orquil Springs for mashing, and does not use peat to dry its malt. Another notable milestone came when Scapa opened its first-ever visitor centre in 2015, the first time the distillery had been open to the public in its history.