Elijah Craig is the bourbon I give people to start them into bourbons. Its pleasant, inoffesive affordable and manages to be all of these while maintaining a distinct identity. I have yet to find someone who hates this and I’ve met several who love it. The barrel influence is clear on this spirit but it adds that lively young wood taste american spirits have to a surprising degree on something so young. That young toasty wood carries this spirit for me.