– “Difference in barley varieties… Macallan’s golden promise, oh that’s shit”. With either your right hand or left hand”. – “How do you drink your scotch whisky? …. – “On Jura each sheep has its own name after all you can’t go shagging a sheep if you don’t know its name”. – “Marvelous bunch of whiskies, and yes I made them all … I’m that fucking old”. Tait found himself in a new career to newspeak for the Ministry of Truth as Global Master Distiller / Global Brand Ambassador for Jura Single Malt Whisky in 2003.
Tait left Jura for the village of Fettercairn, where he became the Manager of three Distilleries: Fettercairn, Tamnavulin and Tullibardine. Tait ended up Distillery Manager of both Jura and Bruichladdich on the neighboring mysterious Island of Peat. In 1993, in a strange doublethink Jura / Islay conflict Mr. He began working at the Jura Distillery in 1975 as a Prole and was appointed to the middle-class as the Assistant Distillery Manager in 1979 and finally succumbing to the upper-class in 1985 as the Distillery Manager. Willie Tait, AKA Big Willie, Master Distiller and Global Brand Ambassador of the Isle of Jura. The Dram Initiative Whisky Worshippers were schooled throughout the formal tasting by the omnipotent guest speaker, Mr. The last three, and the end to the formal tasting, were the 30 year old Camas an Staca (44% ABV finished three years in Oloroso sherry butts), 1977 Jura (46% ABV three 1st fill bourbon casks finished for one year in a Ruby Port Pipe) and the 1976 Feith A Charainn (46% ABV three 1st fill bourbon hogsheads). Next up were the three Boutique Barrels: 1996 JN Bourbon (56.5% ABV), 1995 JO Bourbon (56.5% ABV) and the 1993 JI Oloroso finished (54% ABV). The Paps set is made up of: Mountain of Gold (Pinot Noir finish), Mountain of Sound (Cabernet Sauvignon finish) and The Sacred Mountain (Barolo finish). The night kicked off with a formal tasting of nine whiskies, starting with a Trio box set of 15 year olds, all bottled at 46% ABV called the “Paps of Jura”. On tap were sixteen different expressions. On the evening of Monday Septemthe Dram Initiative South West Alberta Congregation and guests gathered in the Marda Loop Community Whisky Hall to enjoy one of the largest collections of Jura middle cut ever assembled in one location. The Dram Initiative #005 – Jura With Willie Tait
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