Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch A119

Hot, complex, gateway to becoming a bourbon hoarder... this is all recall but I found this bottle at a local grocery and nabbed it - my first barrel proof EC and probably the highest proof bourbon I’d tasted up until that point. I recall cherries, oak, leather, clove, chocolate, burnt caramel... basically all good things. The most memorable aspect was the evolution of flavors, like moving around the dance floor in circles. Drank well below the proof and has cost me barrels and barrels of money since to find similar experiences!