Elijah Craig reviews

The Accidental ReviewI was looking for something to sustain me tonight as I finish some work and prepare minutes for a meeting, so I rummaged through my growing collection of neglected samples and poured…

Legend has it that the Reverend Elijah Craig, a local pastor from Virginia, is the ‘father of the bourbon’. He is said to have built his distillery in 1789. Today, this bourbon is distilled at Heaven…

Bottle from Milroys in London. Price was £155 ish. That's pretty high when one considers BTAC is around £125 RRP in the UK. Price all over the UK is £155-165.Colour is pale brown, not as dark as I'd…

This review comes about after I read a review by @Angelmonster. I had a sample thanks to @Paddockjudge, and it was interesting to taste a bourbon for the first time after freshly reading someone else's…

This bourbon is copper colored and has long slow running legs.Nose is full of sweetness; honey, molasses, maple syrup. Vanilla, nutmeg, and oak round out the aromas. For 47% abv, alcohol is subtle.Taste…

So I came to Elijah Craig 12 in a bar and was very pleasantly surprised. So I bought myself a bottle. This has been opened 6 months or so. Colour is tawny amber,Nose: Not multi-dimensional, but very big…

The reviewed sample is courtesy of @Nock, from a half full bottle. Heaven Hill does not number the batches; we doNose: intense sharply-edged very sweet moderately-high-pitched vanilla-cinnamon-oak, like…

The reviewed sample is from the 7th release of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, and is compliments of @Nock. The bottle was opened 4 months ago and is half fullNose: intense sweet oak and maple flavours are…

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon 69.9 ABV Batch 8Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is a limited release Small Batch bourbon. They hand select a limited amount of barrels that match in flavor profile. This is…

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is their 12YO expression bottled cask strength. And coming with ABV level of 67,4%, this is as strong as it can get! By the way, this is probably the darkest whisky, I've enc…