How Maker’s Mark Produces 34 Million Bottles Of Bourbon A Year | Big Business | Business Insider

Having toured the campus and gone “Behind the Bourbon” I can say they really truly care about their employees, their product and more over their legacy and what they’re leaving behind. Truly an amazing experience if you ever get the chance to, and thankfully I live in Indiana so they’re only a short drive away! Great video

I love Maker's Mark. I'm glad to hear that the barrels have a second life at another brewery. To me only using a barrel once seems wasteful.

Fun Fact: Crane Naval Base in Indiana has a forest of white oaks that are reserved specifically for repairing the USS Constitution. These trees have some unique qualities that are as a result of their slow growth.

Just did the Kentucky Cooperage and Maker's Mark tours last week. INCREDIBLE experience. If you're doing to do the Kentucky Bourbon Trail or just visiting some of the distilleries, I recommend doing the tour at Kentucky Cooperage first. The barrel making process is one of the most interesting parts of the entire process, and you'll gain a greater understanding of why its so important before doing the distillery tours. Also, the Maker's Mark tour is outstanding.

Cheers. Thanks for the feature.

It's cool when they cover like half the bottle with the finishing wax. People want those for display purposes, and they're very rare.

Wait... they only get TWO barrels from a tree that takes 100 years to mature? And each barrel can be used ONCE producing less than 300 bottles? I don't think the trees are the issue.

Maker's Mark and Maker's 46 are staples in my collection and easy drinkers when I go for a pour.

Always wondered about the red wax. But then again each time I was drunk off of the product. 😅

Fun mechanical detail: barrels self-center on those rails. That conical principle is also used for train wheels.

People don't realize how good Maker's Mark is until they have the cask strength. The cask strength bottle is around 55% and every time I buy it I get a wonderful taste of burned oranges, like an orange dessert that's on fire.

Lots of negative comments about makers mark here, it’s a damn fine whiskey at its price point.

This business, it's practices, it's product will definitely last 200 years. It's like the perfect business, for private equity to target and strip apart for a few million dollars

Having every employee in a department know what others do is pretty clever aswel, that means that there wont be any hickups if say "John" is sick.

I quit drinking finally, I almost stopped breathing completely. I would love to re-experience makers mark on the rocks again.. but I choose to live

那些紅蠟封瓶好美觀，好有創意

great video

Regardless of how this whiskey tastes, this is a really cool video and every worker is super passionate. There is a clear and precise concept behind their whiskey and i respect that. Even if it tastes like shit (idk) P.s. u cant ignore that they sell 36 million bottles a year. That's insane

Ikea licking their chops on making wood barrels

I took a year off of drinking as something of a challenge. It's been a nice change of pace, but I do miss the single drink over dinner quite a bit. It compliments the meal... it compliments the conversation... it's something I really believe is an important part of the human experience. This was an awesome video. I've had Maker's Mark before to be sure, but always because that's just happened to be what a friend was pouring me. I typically buy Jameson for myself. But I'll be sure that my first glass back will be out of one of those white oak barrels.