My recent post about which Girl Scout cookie goes best with bourbon drew lots of attention and comment, and many of you have subsequently been busy conducting your own taste tests. Several people noted that Maker’s Mark paired well with…
The dust is still settling on Maker’s Mark’s decision to reduce the alcohol by volume of its flagship brand from 45 percent to 42 percent and then back again, but before we move on, I wanted to report on the…
You’ve heard of a tempest in a teapot. This was a blowup in a bottle – a bottle of Maker’s Mark with one key change on the label: 42 percent alcohol by volume, rather than the historic 45 percent. The distillery’s…
Bill Samuels Jr. has responded on Maker’s Mark’s website to critics and questioners of the distillery’s decision to reduce its alcohol by volume by 3 percent to extend supply. He says, in part: “Since we’re a one-brand company that’s never purchased…
Maker’s Mark lit up the Internet this weekend with an email to its ambassadors announcing that the company would begin lowering the alcohol by volume (ABV) of its flagship bourbon by 3 percent – from 45 to 42. The addition…
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association will feature an exclusive sampling of bourbon brands at the Bluegrass Ball on Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C. The non-partisan event, hosted by the Kentucky Society of Washington, is the first of a series of black-tie celebrations surrounding the presidential inauguration. Seven Kentucky…
While I was in Loretto, Ky., for Maker’s Mark’s Cocktail Party a couple of weeks ago, I had a chance to peek at the distillery’s three new tasting rooms, one of which is pictured above. The distillery added the rooms, which…
The Beaumont Inn has been welcoming travelers to Harrodsburg, Ky., since 1919, and yet somehow I hadn’t made my way there until last weekend. I stayed at the Beaumont’s Goddard Hall after attending an event for ambassadors at Maker’s Mark in Loretto,…
Well, tomorrow is finally Election Day, and after a fun event at Maker’s Mark Distillery on Saturday night, I can honestly say that I fully support… the Cocktail Party. My husband and I joined several hundred other Maker’s Mark Ambassadors…
In this trying election season, I finally have a cause I can get behind wholeheartedly: the Cocktail Party. Leave it to the folks at Maker’s Mark to find us all some common ground. If you’re a Maker’s Mark ambassador, you…
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