Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon

135.6 proof! No alcohol on nose. Tried with cube of ice. Amber color. For the proof there is no eye burn! Oily with cinnamon flavors and nice burn. Finish stays for a while. Will return to store and buy a couple more! Worth the price!

Have 3 1/2 bottles w/ 12 year age statement on back.

Release #6 - 140.2 proof Nose - (w/o water) Dark caramelized brown sugar, barrel aged vanilla, dark chocolate covered cherries, maraschino cherry syrup aged in oak barrels. (w/ water) less cherry notes, but more dark chocolate. Taste - (w/o water) Intense cherry vanilla sweetness, drying oaky cinnamon, concentrated coke syrup, but somehow still with the carbonation. (w/ water) The sweetness is tamed back a bit and the coke syrup has lost a bit of its "fizz" but is still sweet and delicious. Finish - (w/o water) Lingering cinnamon warmth, pleasant oaky coke, pleastantly syrupy sweet. (w/ water) Mellows out the sweetness a bit and turns it into a lightly drying, yet buttery finish. 91/100