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Jura has announced the line up for the Jura Tastival 2016 for which tickets are now available and selling quickly.
You know spring is in the air when Jura announces its annual Jura whisky festival (aka Tastival) line up. This year the Jura Tastival 2016 will return on the 25th and 26th of May and as usual the good folks at the Jura distillery will be looking to delight whisky drinkers with new and exciting ways to enjoy Jura Single Malt Whisky. Tickets for the Jura Tastival 2016 went on sale today Tuesday 12th April but be warned tickets tend to sell out very quickly.
If you are not familiar with
Tastival, it is Jura’s two day contribution to the annual Islay Feis Isle Festival, which attracts whisky aficionados from all over the world to distillery open days each year.
The event on Jura, just a short ferry ride across from Islay, invites guests to experience the island’s only distillery, while exploring the many different ways to enjoy its whisky through live entertainment, sensory tastings and exclusive tours.
As always the schedule has something for everyone – but as I have already mentioned whisky fans will have to be quick – 95% of tickets for last year’s event sold out in just 24 hours.
This year’s ticketed sessions include:
- Dine the Different Sides of Jura
- An eclectic sweet and smoky menu
from Jimmy’s pop up – taking their
renowned pop up dining concept out
of London for a one-of-a-kind whisky
pairing.
- Dram Fyne - In partnership with
renowned craft beer brewers, Fyne Ales,
tickets are now on sale for this sweet
and smoky themed beer pairing, putting
some well hopped IPAs to the test
alongside Jura whisky.
- In Conversation: with Richard
Paterson - An exclusive Jura tasting
session and Q&A with whisky legend
Richard Paterson.
- The Masters Tour - Jura Manager’s
Willie Cochrane and Graham Logan will
host this very special tour - a rare
chance to experience the Jura still
house as seen through the eyes of the
people who make it.
- Whisky on the Waves – Ticketholders
will cruise into the open sea to savour
Jura Turas-Mara the way it was meant to
be experienced – with the wind and sea
spray in your face.
In addition to ticketed sessions, the
Cooperage will be free to access, where
street artists from Recoat will bring to
life the different sides of Jura on a
large-scale mural, live in the Dramming
Bar. The distillery will also run free
tours of the still house throughout the
day on a first come, first served basis.
Guests will also have first opportunity
to try this year’s limited edition
Tastival bottling, released especially
to mark the occasion. For 2016 Jura
asked four artists from across the globe
to create a unique illustrated design
based upon their interpretations of the
dram’s tasting notes. Following heated
competition, where fans voted for their
favourite design online, Jura’s first
ever crowd sourced packaging is ready to
be revealed – and toasted – live at
Tastival 2016.
Tickets for the Jura Tastival 2016 are
priced between £11.74 – £48.67 and can
be purchased now online at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jura-tastival-2016
If
you will not be lucky enough to make it
to Jura for this years Tastival you will find
the current Jura range of single malt
whiskies available from specialist
online whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange
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