Elijah Craig 18 Year Bourbon Whiskey

Elijah Craig 18 is eighteen years in a Bardstown rickhouse, one barrel at a time, at 90 proof — the oldest regular release in the Heaven Hill flagship line. Elijah Craig is named for the Baptist preacher credited with charring the first bourbon barrel in 1789, and Heaven Hill is the largest family-owned distillery in Kentucky, run by the Shapira family since 1935. The 18 Year is a single barrel — the Heaven Hill bourbon mash bill of 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley, aged a minimum of eighteen years in new charred oak, hand-selected by master distiller Conor O'Driscoll's team, and bottled at 90 proof with the barrel number on the label. It was discontinued in 2012 when stocks ran thin and returned in 2015 as a limited annual release, which is why every bottle is chased. Eighteen years is deep into oak territory, and the modest proof is the point: expect a nose of leather, tobacco, dark chocolate, and old furniture polish over caramel and dried cherry, opening into a dry, elegant, oak-driven palate of toffee, clove, walnut, and cigar box with a long, tannic, refined finish. Honest note: this is a bourbon for people who love old oak — at 90 proof it's about nuance and age, not power, and drinkers who want the Barrel Proof's punch will find it quiet. For the cabinet, the special occasion, and a slow Glencairn. Eighteen years, one barrel.

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