Maker's Mark tasting...

[Enoch]

Inspired by my latest acquisition...

(It holds about 1.75 L)

I decided to do a blind tasting of a current bottle of MM

and a 1980 pre-UPC bottle

And here is what similar amounts look like:

Can you guess which is the 1980 MM?

Needless to say the 1980 is a much richer bottle. Would glut aging have applied to MM and it may have been older than the current stuff?

[amg]

I would imagine they would have had older stock on hand that would have been blended in. It also wouldn't surprise me if they used a lower distillation and/or entry proof at the time.

[Paddy]

I think the answer to that question is clear... or in this case, darker.

[mbroo5880i]

Looking at the third picture raises the question. Do you paint your toenails?

[Enoch]

Looking at the third picture raises the question. Do you paint your toenails?

Amazed you noticed. I was changing the batteries in my lawn mower and dropped it on my toe. My verbal tirade is still being talked about by my neighbors.

[luther.r]

I opened a 1972 Maker's at the gazebo this year. Despite its low proof (86.6), it was pretty incredible, and rivaled some of the old S-W whiskey on the table.

[fishnbowljoe]

I opened a 1972 Maker's at the gazebo this year. Despite its low proof (86.6), it was pretty incredible, and rivaled some of the old S-W whiskey on the table.

Thanks again Luther. That bottle of MM was incredible, to say the least. :bowdown:

Cheers! Joe

[Ravensfire]

My verbal tirade is still being talked about by my neighbors.

Most of my neighbors are comfortably past retirement age so the day after I hit my lower leg square with a hard-swung engineer's hammer I went to several houses to applogize.

God love 'em, two invited me in for a beer and told stories for a while. Wild Turkey from one!