"Extremely unget-at-able" was how George Orwell described the location of the Isle of Jura in 1946 the island remains difficult to reach today. The inhabitants of Jura are known as Diurachs, which is their Gaelic name. Fewer than 200 people live on the island (while it has a red deer population of around 5000). There are seven estates on Jura: Ardfin, Inver, Jura Forest, Ruantallain, Tarbert, Ardlussa, and Barnhill. ![]() The island of Jura is seven miles (11 km) wide and thirty miles (48 km) long and it has only one road, one pub, and one distillery. ![]() Jura Two-One-Two whisky was named after the 212 inhabitants of the island of Jura. The Campbell of Jura Family 1810–1853.Scottish & Newcastle Breweries 1960 - 1985 Charles Mackinlay & Co 1960.Emperador Distillers Inc ( Alliance Global) 2014 –present.The work was completed in 1963, and included the installation of taller stills, allowing the distillery to create a mix of malts. In the 1950s two local estate owners, Robin Fletcher and Tony Riley-Smith, keen to revive the local economy, had the distillery rebuilt and expanded by the architects Lothian, Barclay, Jarvis & Boys with input from whisky and distillery expert William Delmé-Evans. Around 1900, it was again in disuse and dismantled. The distillery fell into disrepair but was restored in 1884. ![]() The distillery was founded by the Laird of Jura, Archibald Campbell in 1810.
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