Description
TheChicken Cockbrand goes all the way back to1856inParis, Kentucky. It was a fairly successful Bourbon in its day, but things REALLY took off during Prohibition when the owners moved production to Canada and took the innovative step of packaging their hooch in tin cans to hide it from Johnny Law. In the 1950’s the Chicken Cock Distillery burned down, but liquor wonder-kind and serial entrepreneurMatti Anttilaof Grain & Spirits bought the brand in 2012 and released theirrevitalized line of Whiskey in 2017. And things have gone very very well. So well, that in 2018 they entered into a collaborative distilling agreement withBardstown Bourbon Co.— a powerhouse — to help them keep up with burgeoning demand.One of the interesting things aboutChicken Cock Kentucky Straight Bourbonis that it feels like areturn to the rootsof the brand. It’s currently 100% distilled, aged, and bottled in Kentucky, just 76 miles from the original distillery site —the G. G. White Distillery— in Paris, Kentucky, where Chicken Cock was made back in the day. This Straight Bourbon is designed to follow in those footsteps with pride. And to make certain that you can taste all that hard work, it’s bottled at45%ABV without unnecessary filtration.
