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A virtual tour of Jura Single Malt Whisky Distillery with Brand Home Manager, Mark Bruce

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On the small island of Jura lies a single distillery the Isle of Jura distillery. It mostly produces Single Malt Whisky and is very famous for its official bottlings.

The Whisky

The Isle of Jura’s core official range is made up of four bottlings of Jura: Origin 10 year old, Duirach’s Own 16 year old, Superstition, and Prophecy. All of the bottlings vary in flavor and age: Prophecy is young and quite heavily peated, while Duriach’s Own is not and has a mature character. The Superstition contains a mixture of unpeated as well as peated malts. The 10 years old is the well known standard and was the only available malt in former times. The distillery also has several other bottlings. The Turas-Mara, Elixier 12 years old, 21 years old. Very famous was a Jura 1984 Vintage bottling, which celebrated the the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell which he wrote on the island from 1946 to 1949. Finally there had been an Archive Bottlings Range, which features three ‘Boutique Barrels‘ bottlings from 1993, 1995 and 1999.

In something of a novelty situation, the official bottling seriously outnumbers independent bottlings from the Isle of Jura. There have been a few performed by such bottlers as Douglas Laing and Hunter Laing, which vary in ages and vintages, but the official collection provides a far thorough selection.

The far view of the Jura Distillery.

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The Production

The Isle of Jura distillery produces an impressive 2.2 million liters of alcohol a year. A lot of it is sold as Single Malt. The water used in the production is drawn from the Loch a’Bhaile Mhargaidh, which also lies on the Isle of Jura. Jura is located sixty miles from the Scottish coastline, which adds another dimension to the difficulty of Whisky production: lack of accessibility. George Orwell famously referred to the distillery as ‘un-get-able’, in reference to how difficult it was to access the site. In terms of production support, the distillery boasts six stainless steel washbacks and a semi-lauter mash tun.

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A few miles off the west coast of Scotland you’ll find the Isle of Jura; remote, sometimes wild, yet always beautiful.

Home to more than 5000 deer and roughly 212 islanders, there is only one road, one pub and one whisky distillery.

Since 1810 this unique Island malt has been our greatest endeavour and our greatest reward. Discover more about Jura Whisky at jurawhisky.com.

The History

Jura is a very special place – it’s probably the only island in the world where Whisky barrels outnumber the human population. The Isle of Jura distillery sits in the island’s only town, Craighead. The distillery has had a two-phase history, much like many other distilleries that have undergone numerous openings and closings. Charles Mackinlay & Company built the modern-day distillery in 1960, with the first distilling taking place in 1963. However, there was a distillery at the site that dramatically pre-dates the modern facility.