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Whiskey Review: Chicken Cock Chanticleer

We review Chicken Cock Chanticleer. It's a Kentucky straight bourbon finished in Cognac casks.

OVERALL RATING

10
$499.99
  • Charles Steele is an attorney and whiskey enthusiast with a penchant for the peculiar.
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Chicken Cock Chanticleer

Tasting Notes

About:

Appearance:
Mahogany-copper with extremely slow and thin legs.
Nose:
You can smell this in the glass before you put it to your nose. Warm and smooth oak, like a rick house on a warm day. With the nose above the glass, we get sweet notes of maple, pine, Cognac, red wine grapes, and some orange chocolate. After a beat there are more subtle notes of leather, honey, and alcohol.
Palate:
Right out of the gate there is a nice punch of flavor. The first sip almost overwhelms the senses, and you must ride it out. It’s a great primer to revisit the whisky. With a second taste we are enveloped in Cognac sweetness, a dark complex sugar of fine wine. It molds to the tongue to bring out the sweetness we found in the nose. I found oak, cherries, semi-dark chocolate, and dates. The dry mouthfeel becomes a long finish, one of the longest I’ve had in a while. The aftertaste evolves beautifully the longer you let the whiskey evaporate off your palate. There is a warming of the chest without burning, and a lovely profile sitting on the back of the throat.
Finish:
Comments:
This whiskey is a hit. I often doubt myself regarding the whiskeys that I like. A creeping thought which tells me I only like super sweet, non-complex, bourbon whiskey and I can’t appreciate complex, non-sweet whiskey. This whiskey quiets that part of my brain. This is a sharp, semi-sweet whiskey with a terrific profile and wonderful complexity.rnrnThis whiskey does a lot of things right and puts a great deal of talent on display. It may not be for every drinker, but it really hit the mark for me.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Charles Steele

Charles Steele, a Portland-based attorney, is a native of the Pacific Northwest. His legal background provides him with an analytical approach to understanding whiskey and other aged spirits. Primarily a legal writer, freelancing for The Whiskey Wash offers Charles a unique opportunity to showcase his versatility as a writer. Although his preference lies with whiskey and whiskey-based cocktails, he has a profound appreciation for all unique and unconventional liquors, from Malört to Ojen - if it's peculiar, he's intrigued.

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