Makers 46 French Oaked Bourbon is waaay better than it should be.

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Makers is a decent bourbon. Is it amazing? No, not really. But, you can find it pretty much anywhere at a decent price. There are some Makers bourbon expressions that raise the bar, Makers 46 being one of them. So when Chris brought a bottle of Makers 46 French Oaked to the studio, it wasn't exactly a stop-the-presses kind of day. Wrong. This bottle is a dangerous ball game o goodness. Makers 46 finished with 10 french oak staves, pushes forward the vanilla and caramel notes, and produces a smoother offering than we're used to from Maker's Mark. This bottle could get empty in a hurry. We highly recommend getting yourself one. Cheers!
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[@richardbarrick1492]

Thnx. guys- nice channel you got going here ❤!! As I just picked up this one. So yeah I'm a huge fan of 🌾 wheaters-- the store picks on the( 5 )? staves are to die for - this 1 is somewhat different, but very little $ compared to say, Total Wine 🍷 vers.Keep the nice vids coming-- from ETn Smoky Mtns area 🍷🍻Cheers!

[@tastebudguys]

Still drinking this regularly. ~cheers. CH.

[@lordpelvis63954]

Those barrels are easy to open up and put back together.

[@chrishorn8755]

you are going to make me watch the episode just to figure out what you mean. lol. Dammit.

[@chrishorn8755]

OKAY. I found it. Now I get what you meant. haha. So, you are thinking that they took apart the oak barrel and stuck in some staves then put the oak barrel back together? I don't know, maybe so. I just assumed they took oak aged whiskey and poured it into a larger stainless vat and added in the staves. But it was only a guess, thanks for the different angle though. You could be right! ~cheers

[@DrDoohickey]

Seems like they're implying ten oak staves per barrel, so it likely wouldn't be a substantially bigger vessel.