Elijah Craig 23 Year Prefire Barrel #146 4-27-1990

Elijah Craig 23 Year Prefire Single Barrel #146, distilled April 27, 1990 — the second of three 4/27/1990-distilled barrels in the current Wooden Cork collection, alongside Barrel #114 also distilled on that exact date. Two barrels filled on the same day, 23 years apart in the glass, presenting two individual barrel trajectories from a single day of pre-fire Heaven Hill production.

The April 27, 1990 distillation date places both Barrel #114 and Barrel #146 in the same production run — filled on the same day from the same Heaven Hill still output. Over 23 years, each barrel developed differently based on rickhouse position, temperature cycling, and individual barrel characteristics. The result: two barrels with identical origin dates but different individual characters.

All Heaven Hill production from the original Bardstown facility is pre-fire — the November 7, 1996 disaster destroyed the still house 6 years after this barrel was filled. Production from the original facility is a finite, closed set.

Specs

• Distillery: Heaven Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky (original pre-fire facility)
• Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Single Barrel
• Age: 23 years
• Barrel: #146
• Distilled: April 27, 1990
• Era: Pre-fire (before November 7, 1996)
• Size: 750ml

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Barrel #146 compare to Barrel #114 — both distilled 4/27/1990?

Same distillation date, same production run, different barrels. Over 23 years each developed individually based on rickhouse position and barrel characteristics. The two barrels together form a same-date vertical comparison — one of the rarest comparisons possible within pre-fire Elijah Craig collecting.