Chicken Cock Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon Festival Pick and Biig Proof and Biiiig Flavours

2025-01-09

In this episode of Aussie Bourbon Lovers, we pop open the gloriously retro bottle of Chicken Cock Single Barrel Bourbon, a 130.8 proof beast we almost didn’t bring home. We talk through: 🧳 The bourbon-buying rule we broke to grab this bottle 🥃 Tasting after 10 bourbons — and why it still stood out 👃 The surprise “rum and raisin” nose (yeah, we said it) 💥 How this high-proof Kentucky straight bourbon held up back in Australia 🥲 Bourbon regret bottles vs this absolute gem This one surprised us — and may have restored some trust in our late-day bottle picks. 🟠 Keywords

In this episode of Aussie Bourbon Lovers, we pop open the gloriously retro bottle of Chicken Cock Single Barrel Bourbon, a 130.8 proof beast we almost didn’t bring home.

We talk through:

🧳 The bourbon-buying rule we broke to grab this bottle
🥃 Tasting after 10 bourbons — and why it still stood out
👃 The surprise “rum and raisin” nose (yeah, we said it)
💥 How this high-proof Kentucky straight bourbon held up back in Australia
🥲 Bourbon regret bottles vs this absolute gem

This one surprised us — and may have restored some trust in our late-day bottle picks.

🟠 Keywords

Chicken Cock bourbon, single barrel bourbon, Kentucky straight bourbon, high proof whiskey, bourbon buying rules, bourbon regret bottles, Aussie bourbon lovers

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Chicken Cock Bourbon

02:00 The story of KBF and buying bottles late in the day

04:00 High Proof Bourbon

05:00 Palate and mouthfeel

06:02 The History of Chicken Cock Bourbon

08:00 Cock-fighting and bourbon

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