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93Excellent

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye Batch A126

Rye Elijah Craig
  • Distiller

    Heaven Hill

  • Bottler

    Heaven Hill

  • ABV

    60.2%

  • Age

    11 Years

  • Price $60 to $99.99

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye Batch A126 is a Kentucky straight rye whiskey produced by Heaven Hill. Aged at least 11 years and 11 months in new charred American oak barrels, it is bottled at 60.2% ABV. The release marks the first installment of the series for 2026 and typically retails for about $75.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 93
  • Distiller
  • By Amanda Schuster
  • The palate is spicy—both sweet and hot—with flavors of toasted pine nuts, fried sage, and more of that buttery caramelized apple note.
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  • Raided Score: 93
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • It's got some heat to it, but this is a very tasty, well-aged bourbon lover’s rye
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  • Raided Score: 93
  • Robb Report
  • By Jonah Flicker
  • All the classic rye notes are there, combining sweeter elements like vanilla, maple, and honey with notes of black pepper, dried fruit, cinnamon, and some grape Jolly Rancher.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    The nose is delicious, well balanced and rich. Demerara, cinnamon, sassafras, cherry, frosting, mocha and horseradish.

  • Taste:

    My first impression of the palate is that this is a very oaky rye. Dusty oak meets gingerbread, cinnamon, molasses, cherry, lemon candies, coffee bean and leather. The back palate brings a pleasant peanut brittle note.

  • Finish:

    Long, satisfying finish. Cinnamon and nutmeg lead into sunflower seeds, lemon peel, leather, cacao, coffee grounds.

  • Overall:

    It's got some heat to it, but this is a very tasty, well-aged bourbon lover’s rye. It’s spicy, well balanced and just delicious rye. This is great stuff and a worthy addition to Heaven Hill's regular-release lineup of barrel-proof whiskeys.

  • Score:

    93

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources