Does Makers Mark really hand dip their bottles?

The red wax on the bottles is every bit as recognizable as the Maker’s Mark® name. Every bottle is still hand-dipped today, and when you visit the distillery, you can dip your own.

What does Makers Mark dip their bottles in?

Maker’s Mark’s iconic red wax seal makes it one of the most recognizable bottles on the brown liquor shelf. And it’s something Makers Mark takes very seriously. Each bottle is hand-dipped in special-formula, molten red wax at its Loretto, Ky., distillery.

What is a maker’s mark slam dunk?

Maker’s Mark on Twitter: “When a bottle has a little extra wax, we call it a slam-dunk bottle!

How do you make Makers Mark wax?

I’ve found the best method for me is the oven (or toaster oven). Just set it on 350*, place the can inside, and stir it every 10 minutes or so. After about a half hour (and some judicious stirring,) you’ll have a nice even mixture. Finally we come to the fun part, the dipping!

Are there over dipped maker’s Mark Slam Dunk bottles?

Maker’s Mark remains tight-lipped about the practice. When VinePair contacted the Kentucky distiller’s media representative about Slam Dunk bottles, they told us that they couldn’t report on the number of hand-dipped bottles. Maker’s Mark does, however, acknowledge that over-dipped bottles exist.

How do you seal a slam dunk bottle?

There might be another way to get your hands on a Slam Dunk bottle. Each tour of Maker’s Mark’s distillery ends with the opportunity for guests to seal their own bottle. Wearing protective clothing, guests dip bottles into the 350-degree molten wax to a point just below a small indentation in the bottle’s neck (roughly a quarter of the way down).

How are bottles of maker’s Mark bourbon dipped?

Each bottle is dipped by hand as opposed to by machine. Incidentally, no two dippings are alike and sometimes a bottle is over-dipped which Maker’s Mark fondly refers to as a “slam dunk.”

When did the first maker’s mark bottle come out?

When it comes to Maker’s Mark, though, wax is purely decorative. For one thing, contrary to the old-timey vibe the wax imparts, Maker’s isn’t a brand with more than a century of history like, say, Old Forester. It only dates back about 60 years – 63 years t0 be exact – with the first bottles going up for sale in 1958.