Elijah Criag Barrel Proof.

Every Elijah Craig Barrel Proof release is twelve years, bottled exactly as the barrel left it. Heaven Hill pulls it uncut and unfiltered, no water added, no chill haze stripped out. The recipe never moves and neither does the age: the same traditional bourbon mash bill, the same twelve years in oak. What changes is the proof. Three times a year, a new batch, each one landing wherever the barrels did, sometimes in the low 120s, sometimes north of 130. The batch code carries the details: a letter for the release, the month, the year.

For collectors and enthusiasts, that's where the chase is. A 124-proof batch drinks like a different bourbon than one that comes out at 136; January's release rarely tastes like September's. Below is the working reference we keep at Cana, every Elijah Craig Barrel Proof batch in order, with batch code, proof, age, and the notes that explain how each one drinks.