Second Release In New Series
Maker's Mark Lost Recipe Edition #2 is the 2025 release in the annual "Lost Recipe" series. This year's release features a unique combination of wood staves: three Baked American Pure 2, four Maker's Mark 46, and three Roasted French Mocha staves.
This bourbon has a slightly higher proof of 110.9 compared to the 2024 edition and offers a rich, chocolatey mocha flavour with notes of espresso, vanilla, and toasted almond, providing a more refined and less bitter experience than the previous year's mocha-flavored release.
At Maker's Mark, we created a proprietary wood finishing process to explore unique expressions of our signature bourbon, originally crafted by my grandparents in 1953.
For years, our Private Selection program has allowed our closest friends and family to create their own version of Maker's Mark by developing a custom barrel recipe with 10 hand-selected wood staves. After retiring our first stave, we were curious to see if there were any hidden gems that were never found among the 1,001 possible recipe combinations.
The Lost Recipe Series shares these unique recipes that have never been tasted before and that will never be made again, each crafted with a retired stave from our Private Selection archives. We hope you enjoy this special find as much as we do.
Stave Profiles:
3 x Baked American Pure 2: Vanilla, honey and bright fruit.
4 x Maker's Mark 46: Dried fruit, baking spices, caramel.
3 x Roasted French Mocha: Dark chocolate, coffee, dried fruit.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Roasted coffee beans, dark cocoa, warm oak, vanilla, and subtle dried fruit.
Palate: Espresso, toasted almond, molasses, and charred oak, balanced by the soft, sweet notes of Maker's Mark's wheated mash bill.
Finish: A lingering taste of mocha, vanilla bean, and seasoned wood.
