Elijah Craig 20 Year Old - 750ml Hakushu

Elijah Craig 20 Year Old - 750ml HakushuWhile Elijah Craig 20 Year Old Single Barrel has spent a considerable amount of time in a barrel for an American Whiskey, the nose smells less of oak than it does of cinnamon, caramel, and almonds. Theres a sweet and slightly heavy quality to the nose without being overwhelming. The entry is bold with exceptional oak flavors. Theres no question from the beginning that this whiskey has really gotten to know the oak barrel its been aged in, and its

Sweetness for a second then the oak fruit and finally oaky dryness roll over the tongue with a intense but pleasant warming all the way down

a complex rack of baking spices and a bit of vanilla

dried apricot and Mizunara (Japanese oak) Finish:  Long

sourced single barrel Kentucky straight bourbon (2018 bottling)

For the 2020 release

including a Double Gold Medal at the 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and “Bourbon of the Year” by Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2017

In the standard bottling the wood comes first

Each sip finishes with a very long

but will be fittingly bottled at 100 proof

he would become a legend in the Bourbon industry – a Master Distiller

a 7 year-old American Rye Whiskey was finished in Curacao Casks

Caramel transitions into butterscotch on the long finish