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Quiz20 hours ago

Why are the stills at the Isle of Jura Distillery so tall, according to the distillery itself?

Distillery of the day17 hours ago

Deer Island Distillery.

Jura's rum distillery, at the Pier Garage in Craighouse, making a spiced rum since 2021.

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Did you know15 hours ago

An old prophecy on the Isle of Jura said the last of the Campbells, who founded its distillery, would leave penniless and one-eyed, and in 1938 it came true.

Members of Clan Campbell founded the Jura Distillery in Craighouse in 1810, and the family held a strong influence over the island and its land up until the 1930s. The prophecy said the last of them would leave with nothing, and blind in one eye. In 1938 the last Campbell, Charles, left Jura with no money, having lost the sight of one eye to a war injury, just as had been predicted. The distillery, closed by then, was brought back by a group of islanders and opened again in 1963, and it later named a peaty, salty single malt Prophecy after the old island tale.

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Quiz12 hours ago

When the Isle of Jura Distillery reopened in 1963, after islanders set out to bring it back, what share of the island's men did it employ?

Whisky10 hours ago

The Whisky Island Gallery and Studio.

Konrad Borkowski's photography studio and gallery at the Pier Garage in Craighouse, looking over Small Isles Bay.

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From the JournalThe journal7 hours ago

Jura Whisky

One of the remote islands found in the Inner Hebrides, Jura is one of Scotland’s natural treasures.

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Quiz5 hours ago

The name of Jura, the island across the sound from Islay, comes from the Norse for what?

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Meet Konrad, owner of The Whisky Island Gallery and Studio

Meet Konrad, owner of The Whisky Island Gallery and Studio Hidden Scotland interviews Konrad, owner of The Whisky Island Gallery and Studio

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Quiz3 hours ago

William Delmé-Evans, who designed the Isle of Jura's distillery in the 1960s, built what on the island so that he could get to work?

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