PROOF: 100
AGE: 5 Years
MASHBILL: 70% corn / 21% Rye / 9% Malted Barley
CHAR / TOAST: Level 3/Medium +
WAREHOUSE LOCATION: 2nd and 5th Floor
Tasting Notes
Bardstown, KY (December 21, 2024) – Chicken Cock Whiskey, one of America’s oldest whiskey brands, proudly announces that their Small Batch Bourbon has earned the prestigious Triple Crown Award at the inaugural America’s Best Beverage Awards. This new competition celebrates excellence in the emerging categories of Hemp THC beverages and spirits, utilizing a comprehensive multi-tiered judging process that spans state, regional, and national levels. America’s Best aims to raise industry standards by offering a merit-based evaluation system, providing consumers and trade professionals with clear, geographically relevant insights into top-performing products.
The Triple Crown Award is given to one spirit after three rounds of an intensive two-day blind evaluation by an esteemed panel of industry experts. In addition to the highest honor, Chicken Cock Small Batch Bourbon received Double Gold in the Regional Awards and National Awards, leading to the best in State, Region and Category, also known as The Triple Crown.
“From the moment we released Chicken Cock Small Batch Bourbon, we believed it was something exceptional,” said Matti Anttila, CEO of Grain & Barrel Spirits. “This recognition affirms our commitment to bold flavors and uncompromising quality.”
The Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is matured to the peak of perfection and bottled-in-bond at 100 Proof (50% ABV). Small Batch (SRP: $69.99) is available for purchase online at select retailers and in stores where Chicken Cock Whiskey core products are sold. For more information please visit https://chickencockwhiskey.com/.
Matured to the peak of perfection, Chicken Cock Whiskey’s Small Batch Bourbon explores the nuanced flavors in our Kentucky Straight Bourbon by combining a truly small number of casks.
Nose – Orange zest, vanilla pastry, clove, candied ginger
Palate – Palate-coating flavor of butterscotch, honey, vanilla custard, and orange peel
Finish – Apricot, vanilla extract, toffee, red apple ski
About Chicken Cock Whiskey
In 1856, James A. Miller established the Chicken Cock Whiskey brand in Paris, KY after his successful venture producing his celebrated J.A. Miller’s Old Bourbon, which dates back to the late 1830s. In the decades that followed, Chicken Cock Whiskey quickly became a nationally distributed brand that was synonymous with a high-quality reputation and was the first brand in Bourbon County to ship its whiskey internationally.
In 2012, Matti Anttila, Grain & Barrel Spirits CEO, rediscovered the brand and set out to resurrect it to its high-quality reputation and celebrated past. Since then, Chicken Cock Whiskey has become one of the most rapidly growing whiskey brands with its award-winning Kentucky Straight Bourbon and Kentucky Straight Rye whiskey releases, along with multiple highly sought-after limited releases, which are made in partnership with Bardstown Bourbon Company as part of its collaborative distillation program.
