We’ve been chasing incredible aged and barrel proof bourbon. This has popped up in several unexpected brands recently. We were able to secure one of the barrels Chicken Cock did as a special release with Garden & Gun. For years this magazine has been on our coffee table. It’s really cool to get a bottle that is a part of the G&G community.\xa0 This bottle was featured in their recent "Bourbon Boom" issue for March 2024. 12 barrels were produced for this partnership, 11 have sold, and we have the last barrel for you all here. This bottle is aged over 9 years, double oaked in new Char no. 4 American White Oak for the last 2 of those years. If you like rich, high proof Kentucky bourbon, you're going to love it. \xa0 The nose is sweet chocolate croissant, cherries, vanilla bean, smoke, with hints of leather and earthiness throughout.\xa0 \xa0 The palate is thick and syrupy - worn leather, barrel char, hints of tobacco, rich dark chocolate, red apple skin and cherry skin, vanilla bean, caramel, and ground spices. \xa0 The finish is long with and trailing with slightly smoked tobacco, creamy dark chocolate, and earthy, sweet oak. |