Chicken Cock Kentucky Straight Rye is distilled, aged and bottled in Kentucky. It was made in collaboration with Bardstown Bourbon Co. in Louisville, KY. The mash bill includes 95% rye and the whiskey is bottled without chill filtration at 90 proof. The Chicken Cock brand was first established in 1856 in Paris, Kentucky. It was the house whiskey at The Cotton Club, a famous speakeasy in New York City during Prohibition. It was smuggled in tin cans and opened tableside. A distillery fire just after WWII closed the distillery, but in 2012, the brand was resurrected by Grain & Barrel Spirits.