The distillery from the “other” Inner Hebridean island. Much loved but I’ve never really got along with Jura.

Superstition has no age statement, is a distillery bottling at 43%.

Nose: vanilla fudge, a little sweet peat smoke,

Palate: sweet barley, some chocolate orange, honey, a little smoke

Finish: ahhhh, there’s the peat! Raw, salty and earthy. It’s a bit rough though.

A bit of an odd dram this, it’s better than I remember. I’ve absolutely no idea how old it is though, the peat feels pretty young. Hardly seamless but not bad at all. Certainly more enjoyable than 10 and 16.

2/5

Jura (distillery bottling, no age statement, 40%)

Disappointingly little to report. I can’t say I hate it because I don’t. Very little character, it tastes of…whisky.

I know how stupid that sounds but compare to any other drams from the Isles on the West Coast of Scotland and absolutely nothing makes it stand out.

I’ll try again:

It’s pretty light bodied with a short, slightly bitter finish. Not too sweet, perhaps a slight whiff of smoke.

Pretty dull, but a great example of a fairly well known single malt to drink alongside similarly-priced blends. Tasting blind i’m sure that the majority of whisky drinkers would prefer a Johnny Walker Black.

1/5. Better than brandy.