Makers Mark 46 Cask Strength Bourbon 750ML

Everything you love about Maker’s 46, turned up. This cask-strength edition keeps the wheated smoothness and seared French oak staves but bottles it straight from the barrel for bigger aroma, deeper spice, and a long, warming finish. It’s bold yet balanced—built for serious sipping and elevated classics.

Tasting Notes

• Aroma: Caramelized sugar, vanilla bean, clove, toasted oak

• Palate: Rich wheat sweetness, crème brûlée, dark cherry, cinnamon, cocoa

• Finish: Long, warming wave of oak spice and silky sweetness

How to Enjoy

• Neat or with a few drops of water to open layers of French oak spice

• Large rock to soften heat without muting flavor

• Old Fashioned (Cask Strength): 2 oz MM46 Cask Strength, 0.25 oz demerara, 2 dashes bitters, orange oils

Product Specs

• Style: Kentucky straight bourbon finished with seared French oak staves

• ABV/Proof: Varies by batch; typically ~54–58% ABV (108–116 proof)

• Mashbill: Corn, red winter wheat, malted barley

• Bottle Size: 750ml

• Distillery: Maker’s Mark, Loretto, Kentucky

FAQ

How is this different from Maker’s Mark 46 (94 proof)?
Same French-oak stave finishing, but unfiltered to cask strength for more intensity, texture, and finish.

Too hot to sip neat?
Try a few drops of water or a large ice cube—flavors blossom and the spice integrates beautifully.

The first bourbon in our wood-finishing series, Maker's Mark 46™ was created by Bill Samuels, Jr., to amplify the flavors he loves in Maker's Mark®. The innovative wood-stave-finishing process starts with fully matured Maker's Mark® at cask strength. We then insert 10 seared virgin French oak staves into the barrel and finish it for nine weeks in our limestone cellar. The result is Maker's Mark 46: bolder and more complex, but without the bitterness typical of longer-aged whiskies.