Elijah Craig 12 Year

Smooth. Sweet. Vanilla. Flavorful. Medium length finish where the oak comes in.

Good taste but Little depth. Slight harshness

1.5 oz pour Sample rating: +6.5 (for comparison, I gave the 2018 WLW +5.5) Unfortunately, this bottle is not available anymore. I don’t know what secondary pricing is, but I can understand why people are bunkering multiples of this bottle. This is perfectly aged, precisely tuned bourbon. Rich nose, powerful palate, and smooth finish. The 12 years gets you the early tobacco profile without the leather-bound books that older bourbons have. Of course there’s also cherries, butterscotch, and loads of spice. This is chess; the NAS Elijah is checkers. This compares favorably to what I remember of Pappy 15, as it’s probably more complex and more flavorful. Seeing the Pappy was $65 a pour, I passed on the opportunity to do a side by side.