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Maker’s Mark Private Selection Liquor Barn #7 Selection

  • Distiller:

    Maker's Mark

  • Bottler:

    Maker's Mark

  • ABV:

    55.2%

  • Age:

    NAS

  • Price:
    $$$$$
  • Intro:

    Maker's Mark, one of the larger producers of bourbon in Kentucky, produces wheated bourbon that is sold both domestically and abroad. Until recent years, Maker's only produced a small handful of products. In the last couple of years, though, products like Maker's Mark 46 and Maker's Mark Cask Strength have seen domestic releases. A major criticism of the brand, though, was the absence of a barrel selection program in favor of wax dipped limited editions. That has now changed. A barrel selection at Maker's Mark is unique, though, in that you choose a combination of staves to mature in a barrel, and that barrel is bottled. This is different from almost any other barrel selection process on the market. For better or for worse, this creates a very different product than their core line of expressions. I've set out to try approximately a dozen of these various private selections, completely blind, to gather my thoughts on how their releases are shaking out.

  • Nose:

    Thick, musty caramel. Rich toffee, oak, cocoa and fruits like lemon, orange and lime.

  • Taste:

    Lots of cocoa, toffee, oak. Cherry, clove, deeply earthy.

  • Finish:

    Long, rich and sweet. Cocoa forward, lots of orange peel, almost a butter scotch note.

  • Overall:

    This was also really great, but very sweet and fruit. There was some oak in the palate, and I think just a bit more in the finish could have made this pretty great. Still, though, this is very enjoyable.

  • Score:

    6

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
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