Elijah Craig 12 Year

Review transfer from Barreled from February 2016. I’m glad I have a bottle of the 12 still in my collection. A superb bourbon. Lovely deep amber color. Intense vanilla, apples and oak spices on the nose, layers upon layers with this one. Very complex. Vanilla and slight maple with oak on the palate. Not a huge finish but very smooth and incredibly easy to drink, even at 47%. It's a shame that Elijah Craig has taken off its 12 year age statement but it can only be attributed to their success and dwindling supplies. I hope the new NAS version, which will contain 8-12 YO bourbon, will not lack in quality and I suspect it will still be a great dram. 4.5

Smooth, creamy, and sweet. Dark dried fruit and maple wood. It might be my imagination but the NAS version just doesn't seem to be quite the same. Miss this bottle.