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Maker’s Mark Limited Release BRT-01

Bourbon Maker's Mark
  • Distiller

    Maker's Mark

  • Bottler

    Maker's Mark

  • ABV

    54.7%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $60 to $99.99

The first of two releases in the 2022 Limited Release Wood Finishing Series from Maker's Mark, BRT-01 is an exercise from the brand that seeks to explain how barrels from the hotter, higher floors of rickhouse tastes. BRT is a moniker for Maker's Mark's "hand barrel rotation" process — an expensive, labor-intensive technique the brand uses for all of its barrels throughout their lives of aging on the property. Let's dive in. This features 10 virgin toasted American oak staves.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 88
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • Fans of big boy, high-rick bourbons like George T. Stagg will find plenty of familiarity here — though this is bottled at a much more approachable and manageable abv.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • This is just plain delicious. It's about the most apple pie I've ever gotten from a Maker's bottling, and I just love it.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Rich, sweet and packed with vanilla bean, honey, butterscotch and a faint touch of pepper.

  • Taste:

    Moderate mouthfeel with a touch of heat but full of caramel, butterscotch, rye bread, a touch of apple and pear, and pie crust.

  • Finish:

    Long finish, complex and full of character, sweet and punchy with plenty of butterscotch, baked apples and brown sugar.

  • Overall:

    This is just plain delicious. It's about the most apple pie I've ever gotten from a Maker's bottling, and I just love it.

  • Score:

    88

  • By T8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources