![]() I managed to drop in a bottle of Glendronach 18 to my favourite mountain guide, and consume an Ardbeg 10 in Georgia, in the Caucasus. We’d had the GWC first meet in the new venue at Alpin Lodge, and I’d been with GWC (but no Neil) to the Fife Whisky Festival. I was beginning to buy less bottles – I’d sorted out my whisky life.Ģ020 started very well. Tags 5cl 5yo 8yo 10cl 10yo 11yo 12yo 14yo 15yo 16yo 18yo 20cl 21yo 25yo 35cl 40% 43% 45% 45.Last year’s review shows I’d settled (mostly with my local WhiskyBase Junior Expert in tow) into a nice pattern of occasional distillery visits, festivals, GWC meets, and Aqvavitae Events, plus some tastings.Dunglass (Littlemill – dismantled 1997). ![]() The Old Course Clubhouse (mystery malt).Linlithgow / St Magdalene (closed 1983).Ladyburn (aka ‘Rare Ayrshire’ – closed 1975).Dons Dram (Aberdeen Football Club mystery malt).Which side of the fence will I find myself sitting on? And what about you? The 10yo also gets reasonably good marks from the Malt Maniacs, which leaves me wanting to try it. Saying that, we’re all individuals and BeerGogglesReviews really enjoys the 10yo in his YouTube review here. Given how frequently the Jura 10yo is discounted in the supermarkets from a low price to something even lower, it’s understandable that this malt has as reputation for being cheap and cheerful. His rating of 79.5/100 is “average and usually pleasant though sometimes flawed”. Jim Murray in his Whisky Bible has very little to say about the 10yo, concluding with “still miles short of where you might hope it to be”. His view is that Jura whisky gets better with age, and that 10yo is simply too young. Here’s Jo of Whisky Wednesday with his review on You Tube (June 2014):Īlthough Ralfy (of hasn’t reviewed the 10yo Jura, and probably never will, he does discuss it in his review of the 18yo version here. But they need to justify this by ensuring the new improved quality is maintained. Nevertheless Jura still offers reasonable value for money (for now!). The quality is now there in their range, and with the standard 10-year-old also improving, prices have started to creep up. The Whisky Bible 2014 gives the Jura Elements, ‘Earth’ and ‘Fire’ scores of 89/100 and 86.5/100 respectively, and the Prophecy scores 90.5/100. Clearly Jura have started to turn this around. It wasn’t many years ago that Jura were a budget malt where there wasn’t much difference in price between their standard release and a supermarket’s own range of malts. It’s the modern way of making whisky sound more alluring. All rather pretentious-sounding but they’re not the only ones in the whisky world to do this. Since then the Isle of Jura distillery has dragged itself into the 21 st century with the Elements range, Superstition, Prophecy and Elixir. And back in 2006 it was only really the older Jura bottlings (21 years and over) that scored in the 90s. In the Whisky Bible 2009 the Jura 16yo scored 80/100. Basically, if the underlying whisky is good, it’s usually a pleasant dram even if the distillery haven’t put the icing on the cake with natural colour, non-filtration, and extra strength.The distilleries can if they want but sometimes they choose not to so they can charge more per bottle when they do! For doing less they charge more – yes, that sounds like the world of business to me! □Ĩ2.29/100 – Whiskybase (average from 162 member votes) Ralfy makes no mention of it, saying it’s a good example of a Jura and better than the Superstition (and definitely better than the 10yo, which he hates!).Ĭaramel added, chill filtered, and a mere 40% – it’s amazing the Elixir scores so well but it goes to show that these elements, which often get a bashing in reviews, don’t really make a huge difference in marks, even from the connoisseurs. Those who can’t spot sulphur will love the caramel-fruitcake enormity.” So the ‘flaw’ in this case is Jim Murray’s unfortunate ability to detect sulphur (poor chap!). Jim’s full review of this whisky states “fruity, spicy and a little sulphury I’m afraid. Review: – Ralfy – Isle of Jura 12yo – YouTubeĪlthough Jim Murray’s score of 77/100 in his Whisky Bible might sound quite low, it’s still classified as “average and usually pleasant though sometimes flawed”.
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