Although, I do enjoy a tipple from time to time, I'm not a big whisky lover. Regardless of the quantity, I usually find the first sip to be like accidentally swallowing perfume (something that has actually happened when I've used it in an emergency to dry out a cold sore), as the night goes on it becomes more palatable which is usually regretted the next day. I was bought a 0.7l bottle of this single malt whisky by a good friend when my son was born. My wife had me last minute decorating while she was in hospital and he came over to lend a hand, several hours later and deep into the night, there was a collection of beer bottles and a 3/4 empty bottle of whisky ...  Read the complete review

A few days ago I reviewed the single malt whisky known as Jura. More specifically I reviewed the standard ten year old bottle of the stuff, back when I tried this around five years ago I was not overly impressed so decided I would not be buying any more Jura in the future. Then however I discovered that Jura also do a lightly peated version called Superstition and a heavily peated version called Prophecy. I actually have a bottle of Prophecy on the go at the moment, but this review is for the Superstition variety. I bought this one around two years ago as it was on offer at Tesco. So what is Jura Superstition like? Well as I mentioned it is lightly peated and ...  Read the complete review