Maker's Mark Heritage Lives

Recently remodeled, the visitors center tells the Samuels family story, concentrating on the recent generations of Bill Samuels Sr., who created Maker's Mark, and his son, Bill Samuels Jr., who currently runs the facility. Family photos, tools of the trade and heirlooms of the family heritage fill the small house and give add to the nuance of the distillery grounds. On the desk of the old office lie copies of Bill Samuels Sr.'s plans for his new distillery, which he bought from the Burke family in 1953. Details, details, details, for Samuels his new venture was all about the details and, because he was redefining bourbon, the details needed to be worked out to the finest degree, especially given the fact that he had to wait for aging to know if the new plan was a success or a complete failure. A surprise also awaits visitors to the room and I won't give it away completely, but let's just say the family pictures are far beyond those thousand words of the old saying, these speak to you in a special way. To find out exactly what I mean you have to visit yourself.