Maker's Mark
Loretto, KY
Maker's Mark Private Select
Program running
Retailer only
Maker's Mark does barrel picks differently than most. You're not choosing a whole barrel. You finish an already-matured batch with your own combination of oak staves, which takes about 9 weeks at the Loretto distillery. It reads as a trade program, so go in through a retail or restaurant account.
What's confirmed
| Minimum commitment | ConfirmingWe're verifying this directly. |
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| Rough cost | ConfirmingWe're verifying this directly. |
| Lead time | The stave-finishing process itself takes about 9 weeks, but that's just the finishing window, not the full time from booking to bottles in hand.1,2Full lead time including booking and shipping isn't disclosed. |
| Tasting | A full-day, in-person Private Select Experience at the Loretto distillery. Participants design their own combination from 5 stave types, over 1,001 possible combinations, on site.3,2 |
| Who can buy | Framed as a program for retail or restaurant partners, so it's trade-facing.1Whether private individuals or groups can book independent of a retail account isn't confirmed. |
| Contact | Contact your local Beam Suntory representative. No direct public application form was found on makersmark.com.1 |
What we're still confirming
- Confirm cost and minimum commitment.
- Get a full lead time, booking to bottles, not just the 9-week finishing window.
- Confirm whether individuals can book without a retail account.