Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 533: Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a bourbon. Legend has it that Elijah Craig, a reverend from Virginia, is the father of bourbon, as he started distilling back in 1789, which is also shown on the bottles. He is credited with being the first to put his distillate in charred oak barrels, one of the key requirements to be classified as bourbon. Today, his bourbon is produced at Heaven Hill. In the glass sits the Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel, which is basically the regular Small Batch, finished in specially toasted oak barrels, created in collaboration with the Independent Stave Company, who used 18 month air dried oak to create the barrels.

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