Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C921 Bourbon Whiskey

C921 is a twelve-year Elijah Craig Barrel Proof from the years when every batch carried that statement — the September 2021 release at 120.2 proof, the gentlest of its year. Elijah Craig is Heaven Hill's flagship, named for the Baptist preacher credited with charring the first bourbon barrel in 1789, and Barrel Proof has been released three times a year since 2013, each batch at its own natural proof; the code reads third batch, September, 2021. Through 2023 every batch was a minimum of twelve years old, and C921 is: the Heaven Hill bourbon mash bill of 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley, aged twelve years in the Bardstown rickhouses, bottled uncut and non-chill filtered at 120.2 proof — after A121's 123.6 and B521's 118.2. The Whiskey Wash reviewed all three 2021 batches in sequence. A twelve-year at 120 is the sweet spot many enthusiasts wish the series still guaranteed: expect the house signature — peanut brittle, caramel, dark cherry, and toasted oak — with more leather, tobacco, and dark chocolate than the younger post-2023 batches, a dense, oily mouthfeel, and a long, warm finish that the modest proof lets you taste rather than survive. Honest note: since the twelve-year statement went away, the 2021 and 2022 batches have become the ones collectors chase, and C921 is among the most approachable of them. Neat, rested, in a Glencairn. Twelve years, 120 proof.

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