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

The Heaven Hill company dubiously[1] credits him with the invention of "true Kentucky Bourbon" by improving the locally made distillate from an un-aged corn liquor through barrel-aging in charred oak casks,[2] "a process that gives the bourbon its reddish color and unique taste.

"[3] The Heaven Hill company uses this claim, calling Elijah Craig "The Father of Bourbon" in its advertising of their product.

The 18, 20, 21, 22, and 23 year old Elijah Craig variants may be[clarification needed] sold in a hard canister with a leather bag.

In early 2016, Heaven Hill announced that it would drop the age statement from the Small Batch label and switch to a composite of 8- and 12-year-old bourbon to extend their stocks.

Heaven Hill has offered a single barrel version of Elijah Craig carrying 20, 21, and 22 year old age statements as well.

[16] Reviewer Jeffery Lindenmuth described the whiskey as "delivering a massive mouthful of incredibly robust flavors that drape leathery oak over a gooey caramel core, sprinkled with baking spice, while candied nuts and tobacco leaf notes appear on a drying finish dusted with cocoa."