- Category – Spirits, whiskey, US, 47.5% abv
- Available – From this month
- Location – The US, available online and selected off-premise spirits specialists in 12 states
- Price – SRP of US$199.99 per 75cl bottle
Grain & Barrel Spirits has launched limited-edition Island Rooster Rum Barrel Rye from its Chicken Cock whiskey brand in the US.
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Only 25 barrels of the whiskey were produced, comprising the brand’s Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey that was finished in ex-rum casks from the Caribbean for “at least” six months. Packaged in an “apothecary-style” bottle with a metal cup cap, the expression is available online through Reserve Bar and in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.
South Carolina-based Grain & Barrel also owns the Dixie Vodka brand.
Earlier this month, a coalition of nearly 100 American single malt whiskey producers urged the country’s Tax & Trade Bureau to establish a standard identity for the segment.
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