Chicken Cock Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Infinitely drinkable

The nose is really sweet. Fruity actually with notes of pineapple, bubblegum, and creamy vanilla. It does smell like Bourbon, but with no normal Bourbon notes somehow. The palate keeps all these notes, but adds some corn dust. It tastes thin, but it's not somehow. Actually a pretty good mouth feel despite no finish. It's fun, probably a crowd pleaser, but won't change your life.

A rock solid bourbon with every piston firing. Lovely sweet corn forward nose, with light oak. The flavor is well balanced with the 70% corn, 21% rye, and 9% malted barley mashbill. Just enough rye spice to keep things interesting. The aging is young, yet has imparted enough wood to infuse the spirit with a vivacious oakiness. We really enjoy this and would defintiely recommend as one of your “go-to” bottles for cocktails and shots. Speaking of the bottle, we appreciate the honeycomb effect of the glass.

Nose is fairly light, but multi-layered. I get leather, oak, and caramelled apples. Palate is similar, adding cinnamon. Finish is dry and short, but pleasant. Normally in the high 50's, I got this on sale for $46. For the price would like it to have been 10-20 proof points higher. It would have helped the profile as well. Price aside, for a 90 proof whiskey, it is very good.

CHICKEN COCK *NOSE: Not overpowering, but I wouldn’t classify it as light. Fairly Complex with Leather, Oak Spice, Clover, and Orange Peel. With time it gets sweeter with Dubble Bubble, Vanilla, and Honey. Underneath all this is a base layer of Seasoned Firewood and Light Barnyard Funk. *NEAT: NAS, but tastes like it contains at least some decently aged stock. The Oak really asserts itself on the first sip with Drying Tannins. After the palate becomes accustomed, I get Dubble Bubble, Waxy Leather, Honeycomb, Orange Oil, Char, and Black Pepper. On the Finish, the back of the tongue gets some Bitter Spice and Musty Orange. Decent KYHug with Mint, Oak, and Honeycomb layering and coating. This is very good. *SPLASH: Orange takes over the nose. On the palate, some of those Tannins become more of a Polished Oak. Finish gets a little more Tingly Spice. *VERDICT: I was prepared to be underwhelmed, but I really liked it. It gives me that Leathery Waxy vibe I get from Buffalo Trace/EH Taylor/Blanton’s etc. A little research reveals this is a 70/21/9 mashbill contract custom distilled for them from Bardstown Bourbon Co., which would be (to my knowledge) my first sample of their wares. If so, BRAVO. It tastes older than its rumored 4-5 years and much like my experience with Rabbit Hole, I’m willing to accept more of a premium price for something unique. As a side note, they’ve managed to produce a bottle that looks great, features a quality tight sealing cork (something that’s getting rarer by the day in Bourbon Land), and despite appearances, is not heavy/cumbersome and hard to pour. A nice surprise and a definite repeat buy.

Vanilla and super flavorful but not sure what the flavor is