Chicken Cock Cotton Club rye whiskey (20 year old) review: A uniquely Canadian, extra-aged rye that will hit you hard in the wallet. whiskey bourbon ryewhiskey cocktails
No matter how many times you try a small sample of some whiskey brand with a notably high MSRP, it never truly gets any easier to lay that knowledge aside and objectively approach your evaluation of the liquid. Somewhere in the back of your mind, you still know this is a 20-year-old batch of Canadian rye you’re sampling, and that the owners and marketers have put an MSRP of $500 on it.
The former can be a tough question to answer, and the latter nearly impossible. How, after all, does one really quantify whether a dram is delivering ”$500 worth” of enjoyment when extended to the contents of a 750 ml bottle? The “worth” of an experience in the eyes of one person is radically different from worth as calculated by another. It’s something that spirits writers like myself still struggle with, even after years of experience in evaluating such bottles.
This is 100 proof Canadian rye whiskey , from an undisclosed source, which pays tribute to the original Chicken Cock brand, which was originally a U.S. brand that moved its production to Canada during the Prohibition era. The resulting product was reputedly smuggled back into the U.S. in bottles contained within tin cans, and the modern release is indeed housed within a tin container as well.
On the palate, this one is quite oaky and spicy. There’s tons of old oak, which waffles between “toasted wood” and a more dry and fragrant quality, which contributes moderate levels of tannin. The front end of the palate has moderate sweetness, with notes of juicy cherry, cola spice and warm cinnamon, along with a bit of molasses cookie.
All in all, Chicken Cock Rye certainly offers something unique, which is to be expected given how different its manufacture and aging are from traditional American rye whiskeys, but I hesitate to describe the profile as a “crowd pleaser.
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