Chicken Cock Whiskey Debuts Wheated Bourbon

The new five-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon is bottled at 94-proof. By using wheat as the secondary grain instead of the more common rye, the bourbon offers a softer and sweeter flavor profile. Tasting notes include honeyed wheat bread, vanilla, caramel, and baked apple. This wheated offering joins a portfolio that includes a Kentucky Straight Bourbon with a high-rye mash bill (70% corn, 21% rye, 9% malted barley), a Kentucky Straight Rye, and other special releases. The brand's core bourbon is known for its balance of oak and sweet notes with a hint of spice. Originally established in Paris, Kentucky, in 1856, Chicken Cock rose to prominence in the 19th century. During Prohibition, the whiskey was famously smuggled into speakeasies like Harlem's Cotton Club in tin cans, earning it the nickname "the whiskey in a tin can." After the original distillery burned down in the 1950s, the brand faded from the market. Spirits entrepreneur Matti Anttila rediscovered and revived the brand in 2011, reintroducing it in 2014. Today, Chicken Cock's whiskeys are distilled in partnership with the Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky.