Maker's Mark Private Selection Star Hill Farms Whiskey Ridge Texas Exclusive Limited Edition Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2026) 75cl

1 of 252 bottles produced from Maker's Mark Private Select programme exclusive for Whisky Ridge Texas. 

A single barrel Star Hill Farms bourbon. The UK is only getting to know that Star Hill Farms exists let alone a single barrel of the stuff. Released during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2025, these single barrels have stepped up Maker's Mark's game with even more experimentation of unique wood staves giving a distinct flavour profile.

The Master Distiller attaches a name much like the SMWS do to releases to the closest flavour profile it resembles.

In total about 1001 taste expressions are possible with Maker's mark making them one of the most diverse brands with a lot of profiles on offer. This is one that offers a taste profile of Milk Chocolate Truffle.

TASTING NOTES

Nose: Vanilla, honey and bright fruit

Palate: Creamy caramel, toasted caramel, milk chocolate and almonds

Finish: Clove, Ripe Fruit & orange peel with a lingering coffee note

Stave Profile:

1 Baked American Pure 2
3 Seared French Cuvee
3 Maker's Mark 46
0 Roasted French Mendiant
3 Toasted French Spice

About Maker's Mark

Taylor William "Bill" Samuels Snr started out in the whiskey industry at his family's T.W. Samuels distillery in the 1930s. When his father, Lesley Samuels, died in 1936, Bill inherited the running of the place, which he did so until 1942 when he sold it and its brands to Country Distillers Products. Bill has initially intended to retire to his farm, but the allure of creating a new bourbon proved too much, and he set about canvassing help in producing the recipe for the smoothers tasting whiskey that he has campaigned for and failed to get the family to distil over a decade prior. Among those who he reached out to were Hap Motlow of Jack Daniel's, Ed Shapira of Heaven Hill, and the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle I. Pappy's wheated Old Weller and Old Fitzgerald bourbon were exactly the profile that Samuels was after, and with Van Winkle's help, he debuted finessed his own wheat mashbill, and bought land in Loretto, Kentucky in 1953. He filled his first barrels the following year, and in the years that preceded his first bottlings, Bill's wife Margie created the Maker's Mark brand based on her collections of fine English pewter stamps. The first bottle of Maker's Mark was bottled on 8th May 1958, and was hand-dipped with red wax, as all bottles still are to this day.

56% ABV

75cl