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Bourbon / Kentucky straight bourbon

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof · batch-variable

Concentrated caramel, vanilla and butterscotch with apple, orange, black pepper, cinnamon and toasted oak.

CaramelBarrel proofCinnamon
Not verifiedABV
No age statementNo age statement
Ink and watercolor study of an unbranded whisky bottle and tasting glass; not a product depiction
AN ILLUSTRATED SERVING STUDY · NOT THE ACTUAL BOTTLE

01 / IN THE GLASS

A flavor fingerprint.

Neat, at bottled strength. Editorial estimates—not measurements.

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof · batch-variable · reference

Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon has less body and less oak.

SweetnessKey differenceLittle sweetness → Very sweet
BodyKey differenceLight-bodied → Full-bodied
SmokeLittle smoke → Smoke-led
Fresh fruitLittle fresh fruit → Fruit-led
Dried fruitLittle dried fruit → Dried-fruit-led
FloralLittle blossom → Blossom-led
SpiceGentle spice → Spice-led
OakKey differenceLittle oak → Oak-led
Malt / cerealLittle grain → Grain-led

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

02 / SIDE BY SIDE

Compare the character.

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Smoke × Body

Full-bodiedLight-bodied

Bottles without enough data for either visible axis are omitted.

Little smokeSmoke-led

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Nearby profiles from the full collection.

03 / THE RECORD

Behind the bottle.

MaturationLevel 3 charred new oak barrels; uncut and non-chill-filtered
Peat statusunpeated
Mash / grainsBourbon mash; proportions not disclosed
RegionKentucky
Sources, confidence & score rationale

Family-level sensory record only. ABV and age must come from the exact batch label.

Facts checked 3 September 2026. “Not verified” does not mean absent. Scores are editorial estimates, not tasting-panel measurements. Rubric: whisky-neat-v1.

  1. [1] Elijah Craig · Barrel Proof ↗ · producer

    Family-level sensory record only. ABV and age must come from the exact batch label.

Sweetness · 70
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Body · 90
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Smoke · 5
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Fresh fruit · 30
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Dried fruit · 30
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Floral · 5
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Spice · 65
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Oak · 80
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Malt / cereal · 25
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]