Kentucky Whiskey brand Chicken Cock has collaborated with the New Orleans Bourbon Festival to create a one-of-a-kind Single Barrel Double Oak Kentucky Whiskey.
“Not only is New Orleans one of the cornerstones for America’s rich cocktail and whiskey history,” explained Will Woodington, Chicken Cock Whiskey Brand Ambassador, “but we can also trace our brand’s history to New Orleans as far back as the late 1830s.
“This was a time when James A. Miller was shipping barrels of his coveted whiskey down to the ‘Big Easy’, long before he opened the Chicken Cock Distillery in 1856.
“To commemorate the relationship between our brand and the city of New Orleans that stems back nearly 200 years,” Woodington continued, “we wanted to have a great presence at this fantastic event and release a rare and unique offering to its attendees.
Woodington, Gregg Snyder, Chicken Cock Whiskey’s Master Distiller, and event organizers all gathered in Bardstown to hand-pick, in person, the barrel of the brand’s Double Oak 9-Year Kentucky Whiskey.
The whiskey was then aged nine years, the first seven in used barrels and the final two in new American White Oak with a level four char.
The result is a 119.6-proof whiskey that has been bottled in a collaboratively designed, limited edition prohibition-era style bottle, which Woodington points out, is “one of the finest expressions of Chicken Cock Whiskey that I’ve ever tasted!”
The limited edition expression will be exclusively available at the New Orleans Bourbon Festival and at selected retailers in the area.
For more information on Chicken Cock, go to chickencockwhiskey.com