Soba45
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
January 5, 2020 (edited January 19, 2020)
Hmm I'm not having a good run with bourbons lately. Not because they are bad but they are just not a profile I like. Very sickly sweet cherry, liquorice etc. I can see how people would rate this highly as it's a quality dram but you could say that about a good kombucha or such like... great quality wholesome drink but urgh zero balance just over powering sweet simplicity. 2 for flavour 4.5 for quality call it 3.5 even
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@Soba45 fair enough. I'll be buying each one I see for fair prices, but I don't see them too often at all. I've had 3 bottles, one I paid 100 for to get shipped to me, one I stumbled upon, and the 3rd I got lucky and found through ohio's liquor site (normally that thing is terrible). In short...they're not easy to come by.
@dhsilv2 Yeah maybe I'll try one day with a profile I prefer but won't be rushing out to hunt one down :-)
@Soba45 the level of complexity can varry a lot batch to batch, I believe watch batch is intentionally different so don'tt hink quality but more each batch isn't intended to be the same bourbon. That said sweet and simple I believe is generally how I have felt on this. Very much enjoyable whisky imo, but hardly worth some of the hype.
@Whiskey_Hound Was just a sample so can't remember sorry. It wasn't a quality issue or anything I just really don't like the EC flavor profile.I gave the 18 a similar score from memory. I can see why people love it but just not for me
Which batch did you get?