← Maker's Mark
Maker's Mark Wood Finishing Series FAE-01
- Age
- No age statement
- ABV
- 55.3%
- Introduced
- 2021
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Deep amber with mahogany edges; full-bodied and rich
- Nose
- Tons of pleasantly dank wood and tobacco. Dark fruit, toffee, and dusty cocoa. A more experimental, darker aromatic profile than any standard Maker's expression
- Palate
- Rich, warm raisin and fig dominate. Spice, toffee, cinnamon, cocoa, and oak on the palate. The custom stave profile creates a distinctly different experience from standard Maker's — darker, richer, and more complex
- Finish
- Spicy and warm finish with lingering notes of toffee, dusty cocoa, and oak. The wood-finishing staves extend and deepen the finish significantly
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- New charred American white oak barrels
- finished with custom wood stave profile (FAE-01)
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