This summer, recently retired Maker's Mark Chairman Emeritus Bill Samuels, Jr. will conduct the bourbon tastings that conclude the Kentucky distillery's free public tours. He won't appear at every tasting (they do 39 a week), but his schedule will be posted on the Maker's Mark web site and Facebook page, so you can plan to be there when he is.
(The schedules don't appear to be up yet.)
For those of you who don't know, Bill Samuels, Jr. is a master showman, a true character. Time spent with him is never dull and always entertaining.
The tour takes visitors step-by-step through the bourbon-making process, including the milling, cooking and fermentation of grains; distillation; aging; and a look at Maker’s Mark’s unique dipping line, where every single bottle of bourbon is hand-dipped and sealed in red wax.
Each tour lasts approximately 45 minutes and concludes with a tasting of Maker’s Mark and Maker’s 46. Visitors also have the chance to dip their own bottle of Maker’s Mark at the gift shop.
Bill Samuels, Jr. retired earlier this year after 35 years as president of Maker's Mark Distillery. His father, Bill Samuel's, Sr., started the distillery in 1953. Maker's Mark is owned by Beam Global.
The Maker's Mark Distillery is part of the Kentucky Distillers Association's Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
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This post about events this summer on one of the tours on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail reminds me of something. Do you have any interested in (or may be considering posting anything here) about Bill Monroe's 100 Birthday celebration? Events occuring throughout the summer and into autumn.
I have great admiration for Bill Monroe, but this blog is mostly about American whiskey.
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