Comments on: More information on the new Maker’s Mark bourbon

By: Five Maker’s Mark bourbons in front of me, and the Master Distiller on the phone | What Does John Know?

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:20:32 +0000

[...] I posted here and here last week, Maker’s Mark will be introducing a new bourbon, probably around June. This is BIG [...]

By: Jason Cretacci

Jason Cretacci — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:12:12 +0000

Understood, look forward to reading your review.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:50:26 +0000

Well, John you really captured my curiosity. Now I can’t wait for tomorrow to read your review. This better be good. lol Just kidding.

By: Tanguy

Tanguy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:58:40 +0000

Voila! It is all set and done: a nice decanter in a wood box, numbered and hand signed by Kevin Smith for the first 500 bottles.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:53:28 +0000

Sorry guys but I’m not Kevin Smith… I think he posts under “Kevin Smith”. I’m just a guy in the industry also named Kevin… But from what I’ve heard it will be in a decanter/fancy type bottle. I could be wrong as nothing is really finalized yet.

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:56:36 +0000

Jason, this is unusual. I think that Kevin was just so excited about his new whisky, he just wanted to get an opinion of it, and I was the first one he called. I can understand that.

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Best in Blog #64: Some New Whiskies Coming to the US | Whisky Party — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:38:47 +0000

[...] John Hansell announces that he will soon review samples of a new, not yet released, Maker’s Mark expression. [...]

By: Jason Cretacci

Jason Cretacci — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:17:12 +0000

I am willing to wait. I would like your thoughts to reflect what we will be tasting off the shelf when it hits. John, how often, that you know of, do you get sample bottles that do not reflect the final product as you thought you were getting here with the Maker’s Mark?

By: Tanguy

Tanguy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:57:35 +0000

Kevin, Will it come in a wood box?

By: JWC

JWC — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:24:12 +0000

if it’s going to be fairly high end, will the quality match the price?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:10:34 +0000

From what I am hearing it’s going to be fairly high end.

By: John Hansell

John Hansell — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:33:12 +0000

Red (and Alex), here’s the scoop. Kevin and I tasted and chatted on Saturday. I gave him my thoughts. I was going to post up my opinion of the whiskey, and then he got back with me and told me that what I got was only “rough-filtered” to take out the chunks. He said he would like to send out the more polished (i.e. filtered) version, along with a different experiment, and a sample of the previous “black wax” bottling from several years ago.

I would like my blog post and review to be as comprehensive as possible. I’m willing to wait until the other samples come, have another chat with him, and then I’ll put up my complete thoughts at that time–probably Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

I will admit, though, that I thought that I was getting the final product…

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:08:52 +0000

I’m with Red – curious to your unfiltered and uncoloured (snicker) impressions…

Picked a nice day to be in NYC – its positively miserable out today.

By: Jefffrane

Jefffrane — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:49:24 +0000

If you find me on your front porch when you return from NYC, you’ll know why. I find the notion of a new Maker’s most intriguing.

By: Tanguy

Tanguy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:32:18 +0000

I am curious to know if there will be for avid collectors like myself a special collector’s edition that will be release as a gift set or better yet as a pre production numbered bottle?