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Whiskey Quickie: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A121 Review

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4.9866 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A121. This 12 year old bourbon is 123.6 proof and $70 MSRP. Let us know what you think. Cheers! DISCLAIMER: The whiskey in this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy of the spirit producer. We were not compensated by the spirit producer for this review. This is our honest opinion based on what we tasted. Please drink responsibly. @elijahcraig Support this Podcast on Patreon

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Hey everybody, we're back with a fan favorite, something that never disappoints, Elijah Craig, barrelproof.

0:48.0

And this is the A-121 release.

0:51.5

First one?

0:52.6

First one in the year of 2021. Very good. Very good. So this is one thing we

0:58.6

love about at least the Ladder Craig barrel proof is that always comes at least at this point with a 12 year

1:03.3

age statement. So it is 12 year non-chill filtered uncut, 123.6 proof and has an SRP of $70. Dang, that's kind of lower for the, for, uh,

1:15.2

it's usually, usually it's in the 130s, mid-130s. That's true. That's true. You're right.

1:19.2

Low 123s. You don't see too many of those. Good call. Good call. There you go. All right. I'm a Laja Craig barrel proof. Like, I have all of them. Not all of them, but you've got to, you got to have like a fourth of them.

1:30.9

I was like, you got to look at Blake's chart where he has all of them listed out and every single release.

1:34.7

But it is one of my favorites. Yeah. It never disappoints. And let's, I think it's one of the better whiskeys out there. Let's see if it still holds up in this release. So on the nose, where are you at?

1:46.5

I mean... Brown sugar, cinnamon.

1:47.7

Yeah, brown sugar.

1:48.8

Maybe like a toasted sugar.

1:50.8

Like a...

1:51.9

Yeah, payday kind of, you know, nutty, caramel-y.

1:56.9

Oh, I like that.

1:58.5

Yep.

1:59.1

Payday bar.

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