Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch #C925

This is Kentucky bourbon with nothing in the way: an 11-year-old, corn-dominant straight bourbon from Heaven Hill Distillery, bottled straight from the barrel, uncut and unfiltered. Batch C925 pours deep amber and opens on caramel and toasted oak, brightened by apple and orange. The palate is thick and viscous, all vanilla, caramel and butterscotch, before black pepper and cinnamon build warmth toward the back, and the long finish fades slowly in layers. It suits the bourbon drinker ready to move past standard-proof bottlings and the collector who tracks batches, since each bottle is hand-labeled with its own proof and batch number. At cask strength it rewards patience: start neat, then add a few drops of water and watch new layers surface. We carry it because it shows what new charred oak and eleven years can do to a bourbon when nothing is diluted or filtered away, and because comparing one batch against the next is half the fun of owning it.