Elijah Craig reviews

This bottle I purchased privately from a friend, then opened it when I conducted a professional tasting earlier in the fall. This batch was released in September 2017, directly following B517.The colour…

I recently picked this one up at the LCBO / Waddington's auction in November 2021. Like every Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, it is twelve years old; this one is Batch B517, which means it's the 2nd batch of…

Elijah Craig bourbon is named in honor of (wait for it) Reverend Elijah Craig (shocking, I know), who was a Baptist preacher and entrepreneur in what was Virginia, circa 1789. Kentucky gained statehood…

I picked this one up on a trip through the US in July. It's twelve years old (like all the Elijah Craig BP) and was released in May 2019.The colour is a very dark amber. On the nose I first get a burst…

This is my third bottle of ECBP and I've been a fan so far. The 2 batches I reviewed last year were probably 2 of the best 3 bourbons I've had (only topped by George T Stagg). Let's see how A519 stacks…

Part two of my H2H with Elijah Craig Barrel Proof. This is batch B, and I am muling it for a friend. I am having this side by side with my bottle from batch C. This is a fresh bottle unlike batch C which…

This will be part 1 of a side by side of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof batches C and B. The bottle of batch C belongs to me, the batch B I am muling for a friend who is letting me try a glass for the trouble…

Last summer @fiddich1980 provided 3 mystery samples for me and for @paddockjudge. This was sample C. We blind tasted them together over Facetime in the fall, and after writing preliminary notes the…

Legend has it that Elijah Craig is the ‘inventor’ of bourbon. Historical proof says otherwise, but that does not hold the bourbon industry back – with Heaven Hill in the lead – to keep this legend alive…

Admittedly, I’m probably a little biased towards this one. For me, bourbon was typically that sickly sweet corn flavored liquid that tasted the same across most brands. Elijah Craig 12 was the bourbon…