Maker's Mark – Cellar Aged Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2024 Release (70cl, 59.7%)

Maker's Mark – Cellar Aged Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2024 Release is a bourbon whiskey from Maker's Mark (Kentucky, USA). Aged 12 years, bottled at 59.7% ABV, 70cl. This is the 2024 Cellar Aged expression. In an unusual experiment, the whisky has spent the final 6 years of its maturation in the distillery's own limestone cellar, which maintains an average temperature of 8.3°C (A stark contrast to the typical heat of a Kentucky warehouse). The release is a vatting of just three barrels filled between 2011-2012; one matured for 12 years (15%), and two matured for 13 years (85%). It was bottled in May 2024, and was the distillery's oldest release at the time. A well-renowned bourbon distillery and brand, created by Taylor William "Bill" Samuels Snr. Part of the American whiskey holdings of Suntory Global Spirits, the distillery is located in Loretto, Kentucky and the famously dripping wax-dipped bottles have been sold since 1958.