Elijah Craig 23 Year Prefire Barrel #75

Elijah Craig 23 Year Prefire Single Barrel #75 — a pre-1996 fire era Heaven Hill expression distilled at the original Bardstown facility, aged 23 years, and now among the rarest long-aged Heaven Hill bourbons available. Barrel #75 joins multiple other Prefire 23-year expressions in the current Wooden Cork collection forming the most comprehensive Elijah Craig Prefire vertical available from any single specialty retailer.

The November 7, 1996 Heaven Hill fire destroyed the original Bardstown still house and over 90,000 barrels — the largest whiskey disaster in American history. All production from the original facility is a finite, closed set that can never be replenished. Elijah Craig 23 Year Prefire expressions are distilled from the pre-fire era and aged 23 years, placing their distillation date in the early 1970s — spirit that has been aging since before the modern bourbon revival began.

Specs

• Distillery: Heaven Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky (original pre-fire facility)
• Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Single Barrel
• Age: 23 years
• Barrel: #75
• Era: Pre-fire (before November 7, 1996)
• Size: 750ml

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Elijah Craig 23 Year Prefire barrels are in the Wooden Cork collection?

Multiple numbered barrels across different distillation dates — the current collection includes some of the most comprehensive Prefire 23-year single barrel documentation available from any specialty retailer. Each barrel is a unique expression of the pre-fire Heaven Hill production tradition.