List of products by brand Elijah Craig Distillery

Famous Kentucky Bourbon distillery, inventor of bourbon.

The Reverend Elijah Craig, the man who invented bourbon after barrels in his warehouse were charred in a fire.

Elijah Craig is a premium and super premium brand of bourbon whiskey produced in Kentucky by Heaven Hill Distilleries.

The brand is sold as straight bourbon, typically in 750 milliliter (26 imp fl oz; 25 US fl oz) glass bottles.

Elijah Craig whiskey is offered in both small batch and single barrel bottlings. The small-batch variation (94 proof US, 47% ABV) is also available in 375-milliliter (13.2 imp fl oz; 12.7 US fl oz) glass bottles and 1.75-liter (0.38 US fl oz) bottles. imp gal; 0.46 US gal).

The Barrel Select expression is only available in 750 milliliter (26 imp fl oz; 25 US fl oz) bottles.

The company is based in Bardstown, Kentucky, and its distillery (called the Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery) is in Louisville, Kentucky.

The bourbon brand is named in honor of Reverend Elijah Craig (1738/1743 – May 18, 1808), who was a Baptist preacher, educator, and businessman in Fayette County, Virginia, which became Scott County, Kentucky, after the creation of the state of Kentucky in 1792.

Around 1789 Craig established a distillery there.

The Heaven Hill company dubiously credits him with the invention of "true Kentucky Bourbon" by improving the locally produced spirit from an unaged corn liquor through aging in charred oak barrels, "a process that gives the bourbon its reddish color and its unique color." taste."

The company Heaven Hill uses this statement, calling Elijah Craig "The Father of Bourbon" in advertising their product.

Elijah Craig is best known for his association with this brand of bourbon.