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Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch C918
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
February 8, 2024
Cleaning off the whiskey shelves, so picked one of my ECBPs that I never got around to rating...C918 was the winner. Nose is warm and inviting. Has a dustiness, not in terms of being 'old', but definitely a sawdust feel like I just strolled through the lumber section at Menards, but to the dry end of the spectrum. That being said, it does nose like something with some age...hints of leather alongside some brown sugar and caramel, and feels rich and luxurious after a few sniffs. a few drops of limestone water takes a bit of the sawdust away, and makes it sweeter, and arguably more approachable, but doesn't usher in anything new.
Flavor is both spicy and sweet, with the expected burst of ethanol. I get a splash of fresh cherry juice. Plenty of oakiness, and more of the leather...this drinks like it has plenty of age, but the wood never becomes cumbersome. Finish is quite long, and gets a bit fruity at the close
Enjoyable pour...definitely somewhere in the middle to upper end of my ECBP collection.
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