Maker’s Mark, the iconic handmade Kentucky bourbon driven by a vision for better flavour and a better world, today announced the next iteration of its Wood Finishing Series, The Keepers Release 2025 – inspired by the warehouse team who ensure every barrel of Maker\u2019s Mark matures consistently to the founders\u2019 taste vision.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFrom the beginning, our founders – my grandparents – went to remarkable lengths to create an uncompromisingly delicious bourbon,\u201d<\/em> said Rob Samuels, eighth generation whisky maker and managing director, Maker’s Mark. \u201cWe are delighted to introduce this latest Wood Finishing Series expression that celebrates the team who still rotate each and every barrel of Maker\u2019s Mark by hand and who continue to embrace our founders\u2019 perfectly unreasonable pursuit of excellence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series is a collection of one-of-a-kind expressions that use an innovative wood stave-finishing technique to enhance distinctive characteristics already present in the brand’s iconic bourbon. The Keepers Release 2025 showcases rich, oak-forward aromas of seasoned wood, br\u00fbl\u00e9d sugar, and tobacco, leading to a long, enveloping finish characterized by dried dark fruit and a lingering roasted sweetness.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Keepers Release was born from our close collaboration with the Maker\u2019s Mark warehouse team, the guardians of our barrels,\u201d<\/em> said Dr. Blake Layfield, master distiller, Maker\u2019s Mark. “Their sensory experience of Maker’s Mark is unlike anyone else\u2019s \u2014 the aromatic oak at different times of the day, evolving tasting notes of our whisky as it ages over multiple seasons \u2014 which provided inspiration and helped us shape the flavours of this release.”<\/em><\/p>\n At 54.6% ABV \/ 109.2 proof, the release will be available at U.S. retailers initially.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maker’s Mark, the iconic handmade Kentucky bourbon driven by a vision for better flavour and a better world, today announced the next iteration of its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,535,1,477,7093,7099,7097],"tags":[704,69,39,15989,15988,2947,13337,216,103],"class_list":["post-78818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-duty-free-retailers","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-luxury","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-bourbon","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-makers-mark-the-keepers-release-2025","tag-makers-mark-wood-finishing-series","tag-makers-mark","tag-makers-mark-duty-free","tag-travel-retail","tag-whisky"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78824,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78818\/revisions\/78824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}