So, I went and bought a bottle of Elijah Craig 12yo bourbon, along with one Jim Beam Black and Old Overholt 4yo Rye Whiskey. Clearly the Elijah Craig was the star of my daring order from abroad. Of course I payed more than I would in the US, but seeing how I can't even get these in Finland, it was a bargain. No duties in the EU either. Now let's see...
First of all, I must say that a real cork sure makes a bottle look classier, which is the case with the Elijah Craig. A screwtop like on the other two in my order look kind of cheap, but the insides don't taste cheap
The Elijah Craig bottle simply looks great.
I got the idea of ordering this particular whiskey from, yes you guessed it, Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2005! I wanted something special, and I thought a score of 96 would do nicely. I took a chance that my taste might coincide with that of mr. Murray. Luckily it did. I might lack the experience to fully enjoy this whiskey, but I sure enjoyed it a lot (at least the half a shot I tasted).
My review will be a bit thin, I can't do better right now :whistling: I poured about half a shot, not adding any water or ice (I rarely do). When nosing it, I could tell it's definately something different from what I'm used to. A deep, soft, sweet toffee is what I thought of. Very nice. Tasting it tells me the same: this is top-notch whiskey. I can't really even tell what I tasted, but I liked it. Somehow the only word I can think of is a "deep" taste, complex perhaps? It's very pleasant, but I can't even begin to point out any specific flavors. Having been aged 12 years isn't very much as far as I know, so somehow it seems to have gotten very far with _only_ 12 years of age. All in all, excellent stuff, and I guess for this price (payed about 31 USD for 0,7 litres) it's nearly unbeatable.
I re-read AVB's review on the 18yo Elijah Craig. You nicely crammed an informative review in a small space :thumbs: I could have read a lot more though
And the other two: The Old Overholt was my first rye whiskey ever, so that's naturally interesting for me. The Jim Beam Black is definately better than the regular white label. Wish I could get this in Finland, could be a regular.
P.S. Feel free to correct/comment on my lingo and such :thumbs:
First of all, I must say that a real cork sure makes a bottle look classier, which is the case with the Elijah Craig. A screwtop like on the other two in my order look kind of cheap, but the insides don't taste cheap
The Elijah Craig bottle simply looks great.I got the idea of ordering this particular whiskey from, yes you guessed it, Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible 2005! I wanted something special, and I thought a score of 96 would do nicely. I took a chance that my taste might coincide with that of mr. Murray. Luckily it did. I might lack the experience to fully enjoy this whiskey, but I sure enjoyed it a lot (at least the half a shot I tasted
).My review will be a bit thin, I can't do better right now :whistling: I poured about half a shot, not adding any water or ice (I rarely do). When nosing it, I could tell it's definately something different from what I'm used to. A deep, soft, sweet toffee is what I thought of. Very nice. Tasting it tells me the same: this is top-notch whiskey. I can't really even tell what I tasted, but I liked it. Somehow the only word I can think of is a "deep" taste, complex perhaps? It's very pleasant, but I can't even begin to point out any specific flavors. Having been aged 12 years isn't very much as far as I know, so somehow it seems to have gotten very far with _only_ 12 years of age. All in all, excellent stuff, and I guess for this price (payed about 31 USD for 0,7 litres) it's nearly unbeatable.
I re-read AVB's review on the 18yo Elijah Craig. You nicely crammed an informative review in a small space :thumbs: I could have read a lot more though
And the other two: The Old Overholt was my first rye whiskey ever, so that's naturally interesting for me. The Jim Beam Black is definately better than the regular white label. Wish I could get this in Finland, could be a regular.
P.S. Feel free to correct/comment on my lingo and such :thumbs:
