Elijah Craig 20 Year Old

The Elijah Craig 20 Year Old is the follow up to the popular 18 Year Old. Upon release it won the American Whiskey of the Year award. Elijah Craig is considered to be the father of bourbon. It is produced by Heaven Hill and was bottled for the first time in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival.

Up front on the nose I get a huge dollop of vanilla and quite a lot of furniture polish, before the fruit hits the buds, so to speak. Plum liqueur, raisins, peach, apricots and berry jam. Almonds and raisins, as in those chocolate disks, if you know what I mean. Nougat and coconut. Mint and cinnamon. Touch of tobacco. This is quite complex.

It is full and creamy on the palate. Dark fruit, mostly raisins, are joined by all kinds of candied fruits and dark sugar. Cinnamon and nutmeg. Cedar wood and some peppers. Lightly drying from the oak, but juicy enough to stay balanced.

The medium long finish is warm and drying.

Boy, this is a class bourbon. Thank you, Bart!

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