Whisky Forum - Isle of Jura Takes Part In Feis Ile 2010

William

Thought i would give this a mention for those of you who may be heading to the Feis Ile 2010 (Islay Whisky Featival)

The Isle of Jura distillery will take part in this year's Feis Ile on both Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th May.

Wed 26th May: Session 1 from 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Thurs 27th May: Session 1 from 9.30am - 12.30am
Session 2 from 1.30pm - 4.30pm

The plan is to split the attendees into 3 groups at each session. Each group will then, on rotation, take part in the following;

Group 1:
Tasting of Jura Boutique Barrels: 1993, 1995, 1999 with Willie Tait in the cooperage.

Group 2:
Tour of the Isle of Jura distillery followed by a tasting of Jura Prophecy with Willie Cochrane in the filling store.

Group 3:
Join in the hands-on selection process for the next Jura Boutique Barrel with Richard Paterson.

For only Â£15 your ticket includes lunch, entertainment and a distillery gift plus free ferry travel for those on foot from Port Askaig to Feolin. If you're taking the car the normal ferry charges will be applicable. Places are filling fast so to reserve yours please contact the distillery on +44 1496 820 385 or shop[at]isleofjura.com

William

Fergie · Master Of Malts Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 1741

Doing Bowmore on the Wednesday. I was planning on Jura on the Thursday, quite looking forward to the Jura visit and hopefully getting to taste some different Juras.

Fergie

craig-mcgill · Member Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 16

Fergie, I'll be there so say hi when over!

Fergie · Master Of Malts Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 1741

It was a choice between Jura or Kilchoman on the Thursday and I just thought Kilchoman wont exactly have a huge range of whisky to try yet so Jura would definitely make the better day.

William · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:54 pm Post subject:

I am sure you will enjoy Jura Fergie, in fact i just had a couple of drams of Isle of Jura Sacred Mountain 15 Year old this evening which i can recommend and if you get the chance to try the Jura 21 year old it is excellent.

Charlie · Master Of Malts Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 1404

William · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject:

I should have mentioned in case you are not aware, the excellent 21 year old was discontinued and replaced by an 18 year old which i cant comment on as i havent had but you can still find the 21 year old in the whisky shops such as The Whisky Exchange.

Big Mac · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:42 am Post subject:

Sorry, dont mean to butt in on a discussion about an event which i cannot attend but i agree the Jura 21 was very good but is the 18 year old a permanent (if there is any such thing) part of the Jura core range as i cant see it mentioned on the Jura web site. Maybe i am not looking hard enough.

Mac

Kenny M · Master Of Malts Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 860

I see what you mean Mac, the Jura 18 doesnt appear to be anywhere to be found on the Jura website, not sure myself if it was just a limited release. I have never tried it either so cant make a comment on it.

craig-mcgill · Member Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 16

At the moment, the permanent Jura range is the 10 (Origin), 16 (Diurach Choice), Superstition and Prophecy. At the moment there is also the three boutique expressions.

Samson · Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 12:10 am Post subject:

I was just looking at the 3 new Jura boutique barrels range over at The Whisky Exchange. The Jura 1999 Bourbon Xu Finish Heavy Peat bottled at 55% looks interesting and as it says on TWE it is the cheapest of the 3

William · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject:

Jura is doing an additional 4th session on Thursday for those who are not lucky enough to attend the other sessions in person at the distillery.

At 7pm on Thurs 27th May pull up a chair, switch on your computer and you can enjoy a special tasting of the Jura Boutique Barrel collection with myself and Willie Tait & Willie Cochrane.

They will take you through their 3 new limited edition vintages, 1993, 1995 and 1999 and share their own personal insights. These are specially hand selected, cask strength, non-chill filtered whiskies.

On the night they will also be selecting at least 3 lucky winners from their Diurach register to each win a hand-signed set of the Jura Boutique Barrel collection (and maybe more!)

So if you are not already a Diurach you need to head over to the isle of Jura website and sign-up for free to be in with a chance to winning.

William

Keith · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:18 pm Post subject:

Cheers William, i will tune into that.

Frankie · Master Of Malts Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Posts: 345

William, do you think they will be putting a recording of the Boutique tasting online to view later as i may not make it home on time on Thursday evening to view it.

William · Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:13 am Post subject:

Not sure Frankie but i would think that they will.