Built in 1805, this National Historic Landmark is America's oldest working distillery still in its original location along Hardin Creek in Loretto, Kentucky. In 1953, Bill Samuels, Sr. purchased what was then Burk's Spring Distillery. He began experimenting with the old family recipe tracing back to 1780, replacing the rye with red winter wheat.
Samuels' wife, Margorie, was the creative mind behind the bottle. As a collector of pewter marked by their maker and cognac bottles dipped in wax, she was inspired to create the family symbol SIV, Samuels 4th generation. This led to the name Maker's Mark and the signature bottles hand-dipped in red wax.
After all of the Samuels' hard work and innovation, the first bottle, aged 6 years, was sold in 1959, but the company didn't make its first profit until 1967. That same year Bill Samuels, Jr. joined the family business and then in 1968, Bill and Margorie's daughter, Leslie, created the first visitor's program.
In 1980, Maker's Mark was the first alcoholic beverage facility to become a National Historic Landmark. This news was featured in the Wall Street Journal and jump started the company's sales growth. By the 1990s, Kentucky's distilleries were becoming popular tourist attractions, soon to known as the Bourbon Trail.
Since the early 1800's, Kentucky's famous distilleries have crafted the world's finest bourbons, using secret recipes and a long-established process passed down from generation to generation.
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