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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, 2019/2020

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Dear Gadsby Whisky Collective, A very happy festive season to you all! Winterval Wonderlands await! For those that want to blind taste test, don't forget to stop reading now.... .... .... and welcome back. Here we go: Number 1: Jura 10 year.  2019 started for me in 2018... yes, I know that doesn't make any sense, but I saw a few deals on whisky in late 2018 (connected with 'Black Friday' and then pre-Christmas reductions) that I couldn't possibly justify for myself and with five whiskies already lined up for 2018 I had no option (that's right, no option) but to plan way ahead for 2019. The first of these is a really interesting one. Jura is a distillery with an interesting history, and it is changing all over again at the moment... Firstly, it is worth locating on the  Whisky Map . This is an island that has one road, one pub and one distillery. The road doesn't even go from one end of the island to the other - it goes in two directions from the f...