Despite its position in the Hebrides, isolated off the coast of Scotland, Jura finds itself as one of the best selling single malt scotch whiskies in the game. There are numerous expressions in their core range, as well as many limited edition runs and travel retail editions. Despite the size of its roster, the Jura... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Douglas Laing – Rock Island (Aged 21 Years)
We have been fortunate enough to feature a fair few posts on this site about the Douglas Laing & Co Remarkable Regional Malts series - click here for more. The range of blended malt whiskies look to celebrate each of the traditional whisky making regions of Scotland. Having started out with a single core release... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Douglas Laing – Rock Island (Aged 10 Years)
The Douglas Laing series of Remarkable Regional Malts has essentially established itself as the beginner’s guide to Scotland’s traditional whisky making regions. Each core bottling is a vatting of malts from different distilleries within the region to showcase the hallmark profiles from that area. Rock Island represents the signature characteristics of the distilleries one islands... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Jura – 18 Years Old
There are fewer releases in a distillery's output that can get people as excited as an 18 year old age statement. Here, the Jura 18 year old sits very much as the jewel in the crown of their Signature Range and it has the global notoriety as the Diurach's finer offering. Under the moniker of... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Jura – American Rye Cask (14 Years Old)
It seems that the innovation and variety of outputs from the team at Jura shows no sign of stopping. Since the 2018 rebrand, their Signature series has grown from an initial 5 offerings to now contain some 14 expressions (at the time of writing!). We recently looked at the Pale Ale Cask Edition here, but... Continue Reading →
Tasting Notes: Jura – Pale Ale Cask Edition
This Spring saw Jura add another new expression to their expanding seasonal ‘Cask Edition’ series. Joining the Winter Edition, Red Wine Cask Edition (see our tasting notes here), and the Rum Cask Edition, the Diurachs have now released a Pale Ale Cask Edition. The events of the pandemic led to the Jura team reaching out... Continue Reading →