Elijah Craig 18-Year-Old Single Barrel Bourbon is bottled solely from one barrel hand-selected by Master Distillers Parker and Craig Beam, not from the mingling of many barrels, which is the practice for standard and Small Batch Bourbons. Elijah Craig 18-Year-Old Single Barrel Bourbon is the oldest Single Barrel Bourbon available in the world. Only a handful of the millions of barrels of Bourbon aging in Kentucky have been allowed to mature this long. The brand carries the name of Rev. Elijah Craig, the man who discovered the method of making true Kentucky Bourbon when he stored his wares in barrels that had been charred in a fire. 这是美国威士忌 (Bourbon Whiskey)Elijah Craig 18-Year-Old Single Barrel Bourbon 的一段历史。很难相信美国威士忌的发明者是一位牧师，而且这位牧师很会做生意，但是自己却在世贫穷。 Elijah Craig出生在Virginia， 1771被按立为牧师，因为没有牧师证，在布道时曾以非法布道被投入监狱。1777年成为正式牧师，并且同律师和未来的美国总统James Madison 建议信仰自由的法律。美国独立后信仰自由在宪法中体现。1781年为了信仰自由他来到现在的肯塔基州，买了地，建了教堂，学校，企业。1789年创立酒厂，发明美国威士忌 (Bourbon Whiskey)工艺。 Elijah Craig1808年去世，“he consequently died poor. If virtue consists in being useful to our fellow citizens, perhaps there were few more virtuous men than Mr. Craig”很难想象牧师建立酒厂的动机，圣经中虽然不反对喝酒，但是明显反对醉酒。虔诚的基督徒怕自己不能控制，喝醉了，于是干脆就反对喝酒。 Elijah Craig的例子真是一个受人思考的典范。