![]() Richard Campbell leases the distillery to Norman Buchananīuchanan goes bankrupt, and J&K. Small Isles Distillery is founded on the Isle of Jura by Archibald Campbell ![]() Further expressions, including Jura Time and Jura Tide, have been launched into travel retail. In 2018, Jura underwent a radical revamp, introducing a completely new range of whiskies with a lightly smoky character, from the entry-level NAS expression Jura Journey through 10-, 12- and 18-year-old malts, plus Jura Seven Wood. The start of peating saw some smoky whisky being included in the no-age Superstition brand, launched in 2002, while a 100% smoked Prophecy was released in 2009. It began being sold as single malt in 1974, and the range has grown steadily since. In 1985, Invergordon Distillers bought Mackinlay and from there the firms were folded into Whyte & Mackay. With financial backing from Leith-based blender Charles Mackinlay & Co, the famous designer William Delme-Evans was hired and a large, modern distillery was built which was further expanded in 1978 to its current size. Then, in 1963, two of the island’s landowners, Robin Fletcher and Tony Riley-Smith, decided to start whisky-making once more – predominantly as an incentive to stop any further decline in the island’s population. Physical Size: 1000 x 890 mm (134 x 227 mm folded) Publication Date. It was these economics which ruled Jura out of the distilling equation for over six decades. The cost in running a remote island site is always expensive, and a lack of direct transport to the mainland (all ferry traffic still has to go via Islay) also counted against its survival. The distillery went through a number of names: Craighouse, Small Isles, Caol nan Eilean, Jura, and various owners without garnering any great fame until 1901 when it was among many to close in whisky’s first great sales slump. There is debate as to whether there was a legal distillery in Lagg. Illicit distillation took place, but there was a legal site in the island’s only settlement, Craighouse, in 1810 licensed to the island’s owner Archibald Campbell. ![]() In the 18th century, it was reported that islanders made spirit from rowan berries, as well as using the bitter fruit to acidulate their whisky punch. Isle of Jura Bottler Distillery Bottling Stated Age 12 years old Casktype American white oak ex bourbon+Oloroso finish Strength 40.0 Vol. However, with only a few hundred year-round residents, clicking on the “Traffic” option doesn’t yield much…except for the occasional herd of deer.Although the large southern Hebridean island of Jura has always been sparsely populated, it has a fascinating distilling heritage. Clicking on the “Satellite” option in the map display shows the island in all of its glory. A newsletter from the Jura Distillery this week proves that, and according to news reports, Google Maps engineers are trying to solve the problem. Open start point in Google Maps for directions. Parking area on north side of the Three Arch Bridge over the Corran River. (Google Maps screenshot) You can't find the Western Scottish isle of Jura, a remote 141-square-mile mass of green and bog in the Atlantic's. Infrequent Jura bus service runs between Feolin Ferry and Ardlussa. Obviously, the Isle of Jura is not really underwater. Google wiped Jura off the face of the map. It’s hard to make an island nearly 31 miles long with the Paps of Jura standing nearly 800 meters above sea level disappear beneath the waves, but a check of the Google map for Jura shows the island’s main road from the Islay ferry dock to just north of Craighouse…and nothing else. J– More than a week after initial news reports that Google’s online mapping feature had consigned Scotland’s Isle of Jura to the same fate as Atlantis, the wreckage of the Titanic, and perhaps even the body of Jimmy Hoffa, Google Maps continues to show the island as underwater.
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