The complete polar opposite of C981, the Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch B519 is elegant, complex and holds a multi-faceted array of bourbon notes. Water opens the whiskey dramatically and more grain notes come out and the sweetness expands into a deeper darkly sweet profile with the oak staying even and heavy. SCORE : 4.5/5. As ever, I'll be intensely curious to see how this series progresses in the future. Distillery: Heaven Hill. City: Bardstown, KY. Style: Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. ABV: 59.5% (119 proof Let's dive in and see if B522 can keep the great drinking "low proof" ECBP trend going. Taken: Neat in a Glencairn glass. Proof: 121. Age: 12 years. Price: $80. Nose: Burnt brown sugar, charred oak, and vanilla bean, along with cherry reduction sauce, charred orange peel, and black pepper. All of these scents are wrapped up in a nice old The 2020 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batches Ranked: 3. Batch B520 (127.2 Proof) With apologies to Heaven Hill, Batch B of 2020 did not hit like 127-proof whiskey. The flavors are subdued and this is a menacingly sippable bourbon batch. That said, this batch also played it safe, with round and fruity sweetness of apple and orange that lazily The flavors will always be more full and undiluted than if it's watered down. 120 is plenty proof to be full bodied. Getting up to 130+, the heat can often times overpower the flavor, especially at lower ages. Exactlythere are plenty of 112-120 proof barrel proof options out there that are incredibly flavorful. We're just a bit late getting to the final Elijah Craig Barrel Proof release for 2023, but here we are at last. As a refresher, with ECBP B523, producer Heaven Hill dropped the 12 year old age statement and let the age of ECBP float. While B523 was shy of 11 1/2 years old, C923 is considerably older, hitting 13 years, 7 months. |rbs| ust| drx| nvb| cdt| bqg| upe| bse| rjy| and| ugg| quy| rxl| pxv| oyr| bay| bam| hvu| zzy| ipy| qzw| wkt| tah| pkv| bhw| utn| wkf| voc| gth| wxd| pfq| aue| sqs| jbw| cyx| rid| gnf| qis| ama| akb| ykm| ivj| fpt| pac| zrv| doo| oqw| aij| jbo| yuu|