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Maker’s Mark

Maker’s Mark
46 French Oaked Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 47%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$35

Maker’s Mark
46 French Oaked Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 47%
Medium gold color. Aromas and flavors of cinnamon coffee cake re-warmed over a glass of espresso, red apple and baked cherries, vanilla and pecan, and grilled tangerine with a round, lively, dry medium body and a tingling, interesting, medium-long finish displaying notes of chocolate covered cherries, cinnamon sugar on wheat toast, vanilla and espresso bean, and caramel and fudge. Sweet on the nose with some slightly bitter chocolate on the palate to balance it out; this Bourbon is inviting and a really well-crafted sipper.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: cinnamon coffee cake re-warmed over a glass of espresso, red apple and baked cherries, vanilla and pecan, and grilled tangerine
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of chocolate covered cherries, cinnamon sugar on wheat toast, vanilla and espresso bean, and caramel and fudge
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars, with drops of water and shots
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Sweet on the nose with some slightly bitter chocolate on the palate to balance it out; this Bourbon is inviting and a really well-crafted sipper.

The Producer or Importer

Beam Suntory Inc.

The Producer or  Importer
222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza Ste. 1600
Chicago, IL 60654
USA

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Cask-Finished Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
A Cask-Finished Straight Bourbon Whiskey will undergo additional maturation in one or more barrels, the previous contents of which contribute to the aromas and flavors of the final product. Examples include but are not limited to used Rum, Cognac, Port, Sherry, Madeira, Stout, and maple barrels.

Bourbon Whisky must contain a minimum of 51% corn, be produced in the United States, be distilled at less than 80% ABV (160 proof) and be aged in new charred oak barrels; 'straight' bourbon must be aged for a minimum of two years, although in practice virtually all straight whiskies are aged at least four years. Any bourbon, or any other domestic or imported whiskey, for that matter, that has been aged less than four years must contain an age statement on the label. Small Batch Bourbons are bourbons that bottled from a small group of specially selected barrels that are blended together. It should be noted though that each distiller has their own interpretation of what constitutes a "small batch." Single Barrel Bourbon is bourbon from one specifically chosen cask.


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