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Chicken Cock Red Stave Petite Sirah Barrel Finish

Bourbon Chicken Cock
  • Distiller

    Undisclosed

  • Bottler

    Chicken Cock

  • ABV

    51.2%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Released in September 2023, Chicken Cock Red Stave is a Kentucky straight bourbon finished in Petite Sirah barrels from California vineyard J. Wilkes. The bottle comes housed in a tin — a nod to Chicken Cock's storied roots based in Prohibition, when the brand's whiskey was smuggled in tin cans to speakeasies like the Cotton Club.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 85
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • I love what the wine did to the color of this whiskey, but I fear the finishing time here was just a bit too long.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Nino Kilgore-Marchetti
  • It doesn’t blow my mind as I find the barrel finish on this to be a little off center in consideration to typical bourbon flavors one hopes for when they pop a bottle. Still, it is a solid offering for those looking for something a little different in this whiskey category.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • Really enjoyable combination here between the base whiskey, the wine finish and a pleasant tannin structure from top to bottom. Easily the best Chicken Cock whiskey of late to cross this desk.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Sweet on the nose with honey, char, a touch of baking spice and red berries. Soft but enticing, sweet and jammy with a wallop of baking spice.

  • Taste:

    Pleasant on the palate. The moderate mouthfeel that winds together baking spice, cocoa, honey, vanilla bean, toffee and more red berries. A touch of heat but pleasant viscosity. Really easy drinking.

  • Finish:

    Long finish, full of toffee, root beer, light oak and more red fruits.

  • Overall:

    Really enjoyable combination here between the base whiskey, the wine finish and a pleasant tannin structure from top to bottom. Easily the best Chicken Cock whiskey of late to cross this desk.

  • Score:

    88

  • By T8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources