Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch B524 Bourbon Whiskey

B524 is the loudest of 2024's Elijah Craig Barrel Proof batches at 130.6 proof — eleven years and two months old, uncut, unfiltered. 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 — January, May, September — each batch at its own natural proof; the code reads second batch, May, 2024. Through 2023 every batch carried a twelve-year statement; since B523 Heaven Hill prints the exact age, and B524's is 11 years, 2 months. It's the Heaven Hill bourbon mash bill — 78% corn, 10% rye, 12% malted barley — aged in the Bardstown rickhouses and bottled straight from the barrel, non-chill filtered. Whiskey Consensus: tangerine, caramel, coconut, cherry, nutmeg, and oak, then cherry, walnut, tea, cinnamon, and barrel char, finishing on leather, bitter chocolate, and walnut — a unique, intriguing profile against other batches. Paste found the classic Heaven Hill peanut brittle with juicy cherry, caramel, warm oak, and a hint of rickhouse funk, noting the ethanol stings on the nose and the bottle benefits from air. Breaking Bourbon: straightforward and bold, not a standout but a solid barrel-proof Kentucky bourbon. Honest note: the age now floats between about ten and a half and thirteen and a half years, and this is a mid-age, high-proof batch — a Glencairn-and-patience pour at $70. Neat, rested. B524.

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