Elijah Craig Small Batch on “Bottles I Reach For”, a list by Lena Carver on TheLysts.

Details

Photo
—
Name
—
Style
Small-batch Kentucky straight bourbon
Distillery
Heaven Hill Distillery
ABV
47% (94 proof)
Age statement
No age statement (used to be 12-year; those were the days)
Approx price (USD)
$30–$40, depending on which Manhattan ZIP code you angered
Best for
Desk-side nightcap after answering too many emails
Flavor notes
Brown sugar, toasted oak, vanilla, warm spice, hint of nuttiness
My take
Feels like the bourbon equivalent of a well-edited midlist novel: not flashy, deeply satisfying, and secretly more complex than it first looks.