Chicken Cock Reserve Cask Single Barrel Bourbon 126.6 proof – Selected by Seelbach’s

Age:7-years old

Proof: 126.6

Mash bill: 70% Corn, 21% Rye, 9% Malted Barley

Tasting Notes: The nose is spiced apricot, plum, and salted caramel frosting, with darker notes more akin to dark chocolate-covered blueberry. Theres plenty of sweetness, balanced by cozy baking spices, along with a touch of sweet mint and baked apples.

The palate drinks rich and spiced from the get-go. There are brown sugar and cherry cola notes, alongside a more mature oakiness than the 7-year age statement would suggest.

Bigger chews bring a higher level of spiced oak, but it stays clean, with cinnamon brown sugar and orange Tootsie Pop, reminding me more of Stagg Jr. than anything, before a graham cracker sweetness carries through.

The finish opens with sweet oak and dried pineapple, then moves into dried cherry and cranberry, continuing chewy and slightly drying, with a pleasant biscuity butteriness to boot.

About: In 2017, the first proper Kentucky bourbon to be released under the Chicken Cock label in over 60 years was our 160th Anniversary release; a 7-year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon. A nod to the brand’s historic past, it came bottled in a timeless Prohibition-era medicinal apothecary replica bottle; the same one we use for a variety of our expressions today. This release took home a gold medal at the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition, platinum medal at the consumer-judged 2017 SIP Awards, and scored 94 points at the 2018 Ultimate Spirits Challenge and cemented Chicken Cock Whiskey in its rightful place as the renowned whiskey brand it had once been.