I like Elijah well enough but I don't like chasing batches, I wish you luck.
I feel the same way about the Jefferson’s ocean cask aged batches… or ‘Voyages’ as they call them. Very hit or miss for me from one ‘voyage’ to the next. The only one that I really, really liked was Voyage 23, but think that batch was finished last year.
No idea what number they’re up to now, but I’d buy the smallest bottle available to taste test before going all in on a new batch; some were excellent, some just plain sucked.
Jeff’s Presidential Select OTOH is
always nice…highly recommended. Alas, I polished off my last bottle of that several months ago, but I do still have most of a bottle of their Grand Reserve, finished in red wine barrels.
It’s very good, but I still liked the Presidential Select better.
Edit: Just looked up the price, and I think I had those two reversed…Presidential is a lot more expensive than the Grand Selection. Hell, some are going for Pappy Van Winkle money! I know I didn’t spend $1,700+ a bottle on mine though.
It’s been a couple years since I bought one, but know they were all well under $150 a bottle… Guess I should have bought a few more!
