Our private barrel pick from Maker's Mark just landed! If you are a wheated bourbon fan you will enjoy this unique combination of staves we picked for our store. Our liquor staff came to a consensus and decided that the roasted French mendiant combined with the signature Markers 46 staves is what will make this pick an all-star. Like most of our picks, these do go fast and once this barrel is sold out this unique stave combination and barrel pick will be gone! So, if you like it, don't wait too long to pick up that second bottle.
Tasting Notes: Once the trademarked red wax is removed and uncorked an alluring aroma of caramel, similar to a Werther's Original, springs forth to the front; once the caramel dies down the mocha notes rise to the foreground along with lovely hints of tobacco and raisins. Once on the palate a cornucopia of flavors makes themselves known to the drinker: caramel, oak, nuts, cherry-heavy fruit, cinnamon, clove, char, and some toasted brown sugar. When exhaled you get one more taste of caramel, spice, and dark fruit.
Staves Used for Our Private Barrel:
2 BAKED AMERICAN PURE (American oak: notes of brown sugar, vanilla, caramel & spice)
1 SEARED FRENCH CUVEE (Ridge-cut, infrared-seared French oak that imparts toasty oak and caramel)
3 MAKERS MARK 46 (Seared French Oak adds notes of dried fruit, vanilla and spice)
3 ROASTED FRENCH MENDIANT (French oak [low heat] that delivers subtle notes of milk chocolate, nuts and dried dark fruit)
1 TOASTED FRENCH SPICE (Toasted French oak [high then low heat] imparts flavors of smoke, coumarin and spice)
Tasting Notes: Once the trademarked red wax is removed and uncorked an alluring aroma of caramel, similar to a Werther's Original, springs forth to the front; once the caramel dies down the mocha notes rise to the foreground along with lovely hints of tobacco and raisins. Once on the palate a cornucopia of flavors makes themselves known to the drinker: caramel, oak, nuts, cherry-heavy fruit, cinnamon, clove, char, and some toasted brown sugar. When exhaled you get one more taste of caramel, spice, and dark fruit.
Staves Used for Our Private Barrel:
2 BAKED AMERICAN PURE (American oak: notes of brown sugar, vanilla, caramel & spice)
1 SEARED FRENCH CUVEE (Ridge-cut, infrared-seared French oak that imparts toasty oak and caramel)
3 MAKERS MARK 46 (Seared French Oak adds notes of dried fruit, vanilla and spice)
3 ROASTED FRENCH MENDIANT (French oak [low heat] that delivers subtle notes of milk chocolate, nuts and dried dark fruit)
1 TOASTED FRENCH SPICE (Toasted French oak [high then low heat] imparts flavors of smoke, coumarin and spice)
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