Kentucky Distillery Guide
Distillery · Kentucky Bourbon Trail stop

Chicken Cock Whiskey Circa 1856

103 E Stephen Foster Ave, Bardstown, KY 40004

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Nelson County, Bardstown and Nelson County

Hours

Hours are not published on the place’s own pages. Call or check the website before you go.

Times are Eastern Time.

Checked October 14 and 15, 2026 from the place’s own pages. Hours change; confirm before you go.

Before you go

Visiting
Tastings only
Policies
Read the sourced visitor policies below for booking, children, pets, food and access conditions.
Makes
Bourbon, rye

Published visitor policies

Conditions apply to the location and experience described. A policy answer does not guarantee admission or a tour seat.

Not established in the reviewed sources: Children on tours, Dogs, Food, Reservations, Access information, Experiences.

What’s here

  • Tastings
  • Cocktail bar
  • Gift shop
  • Barrel picks
  • Live music
  • Event space

KBT notes Chicken Cock was the house whiskey of the Cotton Club speakeasy in Harlem.

Timeline

  1. KDA original member announcement dates Matti Anttila rediscovery of historic brand to 2012.

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  2. Same announcement dates full revival through Bardstown Bourbon Company collaboration to 2017.

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  3. KDA explicitly dates Circa 1856 Bardstown distillery opening to 2024 at 103 East Stephen Foster Avenue.

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  4. KDA announces Chicken Cock membership onSeptember 19, 2024.

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Each milestone says exactly what happened: a company founding is not the same as a first distillation or a visitor opening.

Nearby

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