Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch A120

Great pour for a130+ proof bourbon. Highly recommended!

Will put hair on chest. Got some bite

Nose - the word BIG comes to mind, strong vanilla, caramel, cherry, butterscotch, leather, strong oak, roasted peanut, chocolate, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - deep, rich vanilla, caramel, cherry, strong oak, cinnamon, bubble gum, BOURBON cranked up to 12, finishing long, sweet, and woody. I can feel my taste buds sizzling and screaming in agony. Like I licked a stick of old spice...but in a good way. Raging, angry, raw bourbon flavors. Very hot, but delicious nonetheless.

Nose - First note is that I really can't smell this well. It's just so hot that it's hard to note it. I'll honestly have to add water to give notes. So i get chocolate, cherries, and oak. It's weirdly not nosing that well, I know I've written a few reviews tonight a bit down on the nose, this isn't a bad nose, it's just I am not smelling much. What's here is great. Poured another half dram and the nose is exploding. Maybe the last glass being freshly cleared was the issue? I have no idea. Anyway no real change to the score or impact, same notes, just a hell of a lot more of them. Taste - I get berries and oak and cream and vanilla. It's just rich and hot and bitter. Water - So now I get more oak, more tannin, and more complex transitions. This is really pushing on the oaks and bitters and sweets. OK and I'm now getting some heaven hill nutty notes too. So this is very good bourbon but there's a lot of problems and flaws. I'm at 3.0 but odds are to be honest C919 I scored a 3.75 and to be honest I think that was an over rating. But that said this is not as good as the C919 or last year's A for that matter but if you like any ECBP you'll enjoy this one.