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93Excellent

Star Hill Farm 2026 American Whiskey

American Whiskey
  • Distiller

    Maker's Mark

  • Bottler

    Maker's Mark

  • ABV

    58.2%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Maker’s Mark Star Hill Farm Whisky is an American wheat whisky produced at the Maker’s Mark distillery in Loretto, Kentucky. The 2026 release carries Estate Whiskey certification from the Estate Whiskey Alliance, reflecting a focus on sustainable production and local sourcing. The whisky uses three wheat varieties — soft red winter, hard white and heirloom hard red — blended for a layered profile. Available in a 700 ml format, it is bottled at 56.2% ABV with a suggested retail price of $100. The mash bill consists of 27% wheat, 62% malted wheat and 11% malted barley, using grains harvested in fall 2017 and fall 2018.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 96
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • Star Hill Farm has the thickest mouthfeel of any whiskey I’ve tasted in 2026, and the flavor profile is sweet and delicious. There’s not much to knock here; flat out incredible stuff. Kudos, Maker’s.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • What a different ride this is vs. the 2025 — which I tasted side by side as I wrote this review — and clear evidence about what a difference wheat varieties (and malting) can make in the finished product.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Breaking Bourbon
  • By Eric Hasman
  • Maker’s Mark's 2026 edition of Star Hill Farm Whisky is a wildly different and more expressive wheat whiskey release than the previous edition, thanks to further exploration of the components that make up its unique wheat-based mashbill.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Beautiful, bright nose filled with cherries, caramel, fluffy French toast with a light dusting of cinnamon, maple and marzipan.

  • Taste:

    Gorgeous, dense, uber-thick viscosity. The palate delivers plenty of wheaty character — think fresh-baked rolls slathered in honey, plus cherries, Gingerbread, butterscotch, oak, buttercream frosting, candied orange and a nice big almond butter note. The back palate gets darker, with leather and tannin.

  • Finish:

    The finish opens bright and very pleasing and just keeps on going: Orange peel, maraschino cherry, butterscotch, coconut and milk chocolate segue into a more mature profile of oak, big-time leather, tannin and cinnamon.

  • Overall:

    The viscosity on this whiskey is out of this world. It’s creamy and clings to the tongue in a way that is truly very rare. Star Hill Farm has the thickest mouthfeel of any whiskey I’ve tasted in 2026, and the flavor profile is sweet and delicious. There’s not much to knock here; flat out incredible stuff. Kudos, Maker’s.

    Last year’s Star Hill Farm was excellent. 2026’s is even better.

  • Score:

    95

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

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