Whisky

The production of whisky on Jura goes back to the XVII Century. At the time the whisky was produced by the residents in their households, often illegally, and sometimes sold outside Jura. The establishment of the first Distillery in the early 1800s was a consecration of this sympathy towards the product. The building was rented for decades to James Ferguson by the Campbells. When the lease expired, it was not renowned and the machinery was sold.

A new distillery, however, was built in the 1971 and has become, since then, the main employer on the island.