Isle of Jura reviews

Ian Macleod Distiller’s Chieftain’s Choice range has been around for many years and is somewhat hit and miss. Their whisky appears in so called Small Batches, but what is small exactly if you know that…

In their third (actually fourth, but the first was called Inaugural) release, the Dutch bottles Archives got hold of a cask of Isle of Jura. Or at least part of a cask. I think. Only 60 bottles were…

The Prophecy is inspired by the (true?) story of an old and wise fortune teller, who predicted the downfall of the Clan Campbell. This clan ruled the Isle of Jura at the start of the 18th Century. It is…

You probably know the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Today I have two of their Jura bottlings in front of me, that I will try H2H. SMWS 31.20 is 21 years old, while the SMWS 31.21 is 22 years old. Let us…

The current version of the 21 Year Old is bottled at 46% ABV, but I got a sample from an older bottling, still at 40%. There is even a bottling at 43% out there. Looks like Jura has been playing around…

After the 21 Year Old from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, coded SMWS 31.20, I will now try the 22 Year Old, coded SMWS 31.21. If you know their coding system, this will sound logical. If you do not know…

In the range Romantique, with truly magnificent labels, the German Indie The Whisky Agency bottled quite a few gems. One of those is this 23 Year Old Isle of Jura, which is surprisingly dark for a bou…

The final Jura to try is the special Boutique Barrel Bourbon JO. Heaven knows what the XU, JI and JO mean, but it is definitively good whisky. This one matured in the moist and cool Warehouse Number 1…

According to some, this Jura 18 Year Old is no longer being manufactured. But on the other hand, I read somewhere that it was introduced in 2007 to replace the 21 Year Old. So I cannot be sure. The label…

In 2011, a few days shy of Christmas, Isle of Jura launched a special release of their new 12 Year Old Elexir, bottled at 40% ABV and sold in 350ml bottles, exclusively through the British Sainsbury…