Bourbon - Elijah Craig 12 Year
I do love a bourbon in the summer. One of my purchases in Preston on Saturday was a bottle of possibly the best one I’ve ever tasted, Elijah Craig 12 year. It is just over £20 and at 47% so a very good buy indeed. Made at the Heaven Hill distillery.
Nose: liquorish bbq wood and a pinch of lemon.
Pallet: chewy sweetness from the charred barrels, mouth filling with a drying bitterness and vanilla pods with sugar.
Finnish: melts in the mouth, smooth and drinkable.
Comments: Lovely even in winter. It would be a shame to put ice with this. The would does tend to dominate unlike Maker’s Mark which takes more of its flavour from the grain mash rather than the oak.
Score: 79%
Nose: liquorish bbq wood and a pinch of lemon.
Pallet: chewy sweetness from the charred barrels, mouth filling with a drying bitterness and vanilla pods with sugar.
Finnish: melts in the mouth, smooth and drinkable.
Comments: Lovely even in winter. It would be a shame to put ice with this. The would does tend to dominate unlike Maker’s Mark which takes more of its flavour from the grain mash rather than the oak.
Score: 79%
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