Do you love Jura? Didn’t think so… Jura is one of those distilleries that we whisky drinkers happily pass on, Why ? Well because some of the old core range just was not up to scratch. Lets be honest it was not good at all. I remember trying something sold within a green box, i…
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Talisker 9 Year Old 2010 – Old Malt Cask
Talisker The Talisker distillery can be found on the Isle of Skye and was founded in 1830 by Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill, the distillery was built in 1831 at Carbost after a number of other sites had initially fallen through. The Distillery was then rebuilt in 1880-1887 and extended again in 190 before the distillery…
Tobermory 19 year old Marsala Cask Finish
Tobermory Founded by John Sinclair in 1798 at a time where he had applied to lease the 57 acre site named Ledaig in 1797 with the intention to build a distillery along with housing for the workers.. Initially turned down for the licence to distil John Sinclair was granted a brewing licence, however he prevailed…
Highland Park The Dark
Highland Park Highland Park was founded back in 1798 by David Robertson, the distillery today sits on a site previously used by local business man and smuggler Magnus Eunson to distil illicit whisky.. The distillery is always very keen to link itself with Nordic history and the continuous use of Norse mythology to name its…