Jura Distillery
Isle of Jura, Islands, Scotland · established 1810
- Owner
- Whyte & Mackay (Emperador)
- Stills
- Tall stills
- Water
- Market Loch
- House style
- Soft, nutty, lightly smoky island malt
- Peat
- 8 PPM — Mostly lightly peated; some releases more heavily
The story
An island of ~200 people and thousands of deer. Rebuilt in the 1960s to revive the island's economy.
Tours
- Distillery tour — Take the small ferry from Port Askaig
Around Jura
- Paps of Jura (Walk) — Three conical quartzite peaks
- Barnhill (History) — Farmhouse where George Orwell wrote 1984
- Corryvreckan whirlpool (Scenery) — Boat trips from Jura or Crinan
Official site: jurawhisky.com