Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel, Elijah Craig Small Batch & Larceny Small Batch Bundle

Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel, Elijah Craig Small Batch & Larceny Small Batch Bundle. Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky — three bottles from Heaven Hill's lineup that together demonstrate what finishing and mash bill variation do to the same distillery's core bourbon character: the standard small batch baseline, the wheated alternative, and the toasted oak-finished expression that shows how secondary barrel contact transforms the base spirit.

The bundle is structured around a single question: what does each production decision add? Elijah Craig Small Batch is the anchor — the consistent 94-proof upper rick house expression that defines Heaven Hill's core bourbon character. Larceny Small Batch replaces rye with wheat as the secondary grain, producing bread, butterscotch, and honey in place of the rye's pepper and spice — showing what mash bill variation does to the same distillery's output. Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel takes the Small Batch after full maturation and finishes it in a custom toasted new oak barrel, adding caramelized wood sugars, cinnamon, clove, and a dessert-forward spice layer that the primary aging cannot produce — showing what secondary finishing does.

Three bottles, three distinct production decisions, one Kentucky distillery. A coherent educational bundle and an excellent gift for any bourbon enthusiast who wants to understand what they're tasting and why.

Contents

• Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Bourbon (750ml) — Small Batch finished in toasted new oak, 94 proof
• Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon (750ml) — 94 proof, upper rick house aged
• Larceny Small Batch Bourbon (750ml) — wheated, 92 proof, 6–12yr

Tasting Notes

• Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel — Nose: Toasted oak with rich caramel. Palate: Big, rich, and complex with spice, pepper, and milk chocolate. Finish: Long and warming with lingering chocolate and baking spices.
• Elijah Craig Small Batch — Nose: Caramel, vanilla, and toasted oak. Palate: Caramel, vanilla, and baking spice. Finish: Warm and moderately long with lingering oak spice.
• Larceny Small Batch — Nose: Warm bread, toffee, and butterscotch. Palate: Caramel, orange blossom honey, and bread pudding. Finish: Long, layered, and savory.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What does the toasted barrel finishing add to Elijah Craig? The custom toasted new oak barrel adds caramelized wood sugars, cinnamon, and clove over the Small Batch foundation — a dessert-forward layer from the lower-heat toasting process that creates complexity the primary charred barrel aging cannot produce. The Toasted Barrel is more complex and spice-forward than the standard Small Batch.
• What is the Larceny connection to Pappy Van Winkle? Larceny pays homage to the Old Fitzgerald wheated bourbon tradition — a recipe associated with the Van Winkle family's history at the Stitzel-Weller distillery. Wheat in place of rye was the defining characteristic of that tradition and remains Larceny's core identity today.
• Is this a good gift bundle? One of the best value-per-bottle gift sets in the Heaven Hill lineup — three genuinely distinct expressions that together cover the most educational ground at an accessible price point.