Updated December 6, 2020 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B- If the idea of Welsh whiskey leaves you scratching your head, it shouldn’t. Just because you’ve never heard of it doesn’t mean it fails to make sense. Perhaps it is half-forgotten because the Welsh were the first of the Celtic nations of the British Isles to be subjugated by those ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A Isle of Jura’s 1976 scotch, also known as “Feith A’ Chaorainn,” is part of the distillery’s limited edition line. As the name implies, the single malt in question was distilled in 1976. Most Americans remember that year as the bi-centennial, but in the UK it saw the Cod War with Iceland, the first passenger flight ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Residents of the Isle of Jura are called “Diurachs,” and the 16 Year Old scotch from Isle of Jura distillery is billed as “The Diurachs’ Own,” the choice of the island. As such, it supposedly embodies the character of the islanders and the quirks of living there, such as the old legends, dramatic landscape and ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- I have to admit finding Isle of Jura’s New Agey mystical marketing overdone at times, such as is the case with the Superstition single malt scotch. The idea of using Celtic imagery for a line of scotch makes sense, but the Egyptian ankh? It’s a bit much in my book. Supposedly they chose the ankh ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- The Isle of Jura whiskey line draws some inspiration from Celtic legends and mysticism, and much of the Jura image is inspired by things Celtic. However, some of the inspiration for Jura’s scotches are more local, and such is the case with their Prophecy single malt scotch whiskey. As the story goes, in the early ...