Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey (A925)

CRITICAL ACCLAIM:

"A whiskey with a big, robust profile; a beautifully mature rye, aged just over 12 years, intensely flavored and with plenty of heat and spicy complexity. An inviting nose offers dark fruit, rye spice, and aged oak. The palate has dark flavors of licorice, chocolate, and stewed fruits, melding with lighter sweet notes of French toast and sweet lemon, all sprinkled with cinnamon, clove, and generous rye spice. The finish shows great integration of sweetness and spice, vanilla with prickly pepper, cinnamon, and ginger, all balanced superbly against the aged oak." - 96 PTS, #1 WHISKY OF THE YEAR 2025, WHISKY ADVOCATE

PRODUCER NOTES:

OVERVIEW: "Each batch of Barrel Proof Rye is bottled with a unique age statement, including the month and year of the youngest barrel from the batch. The proof also varies with each release. The batch number on the label provides specific information about each batch. The first letter indicates the order of the release for that year, starting with “A.” The first number represents the month of the release. The third and fourth digits indicate the year.”

TASTING: “COLOR - Bright copper; AROMA - Baking spices with sweet, molasses note; TASTE - Complex and well-balanced. Stewed fruit with cinnamon and nutmeg; FINISH - Long and warm. Butterscotch with lots of rye spice”