Maker's Mark is a world-famous bourbon whisky produced in Loretto, Kentucky. The brand is known for its red wax seal, which is said to be applied by hand to each bottle.
A brilliant whisky (note: Maker's Mark is one of just a few distilleries in the US to spell whisky sans the "e"!) it is made to a mashbill first developed by Bill Samuels Sr, which uses red winter wheat instead of rye. The result, therefore, can be described as a "wheated bourbon", and it's all the more smooth and creamy because of it!
Fruity and rich. There are lovely notes of spiced honey and mixed peels, a little malmsey, hazelnut and a touch of cut fruit with toasty oak providing a backbone.
Rich and full. There are notes of rye and spice, barley malt, a little nut oil with butterscotch and vanilla.
Quite sweet with butterscotch and dry oak spice.
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It is a good, solid performer with distinctive chocolate nose and short to medium finish. I recommend this bourbon to anyone as a perfect starter.
Good sipping whiskey. As for the nay sayers, if it takes you 2 paragraphs to describe it and bad mouth it you are to much of a snob to be taken seriously.
Bad, this whisky is worse than Passport Scotch.
Very sweet vanilla taste but with a middle kick. Very interesting to drink. The ending is outstanding.
I've come to the conclusion that this is the best drink ever. I've sipped maybe five to ten bottles of this and after something else, I still return to the sweet vanilla taste with just the right bite of alcohol. Don't give a bottle to a cognac drinker... you have to give him another one.
