Maker's Mark whisky

Plans are nearly complete to add a third and final distilling unit to the Maker's Mark bourbon's Loretto, Kentucky, distillery, which will increase its yearly capacity by about 500,000 cases. Dave Pickerell, master distiller for the red-waxed bourbon estimates that the third distilling unit will max out the underground springs that supply the limestone water for the bourbon's distinctive recipe. Maker's Mark President, Bill Samuels said that "this will be the end of it, and even to make this work, we have to add about 7 or 8 feet to the dam so we can capture all the spring water during the wet season." With two years of construction ahead and six years of barrel aging for the first product, it will be at least eight years before the first bourbon from the new still will reach the market. Current capacity is 1.4 million cases and current U.S. consumption is about 600,000 cases. But with sales volume increasing 13 percent a year, a potential limit is in sight in a decade or so because of the springs' limitations.

Mar majdnem elkeszult a Maker's Mark bourbon whisky (Loretto, Kentucky) 3. es egyben utolso leparlo egysege, amely mintegy 500,000 kartonnal (9L-es karon) megnoveli az uzem kapacitasat. Dave Pickerell, whisky mester becslese szerint e 3. leparlo egyseg teljesen kihasznalja a whisky keszitesehez hasznalt egyedi forrasviz-keszleteket. Bill Samuels, a Maker's Mark elnoke azt nyilatkozta, hogy "ez a bovites vege, es meg ennek mukodtetesehez is kb. 25 meternyit melyiteni kell a kuton, hogy fel tudjuk fogni a teljes vizkeszletet az esos idoszakokban". A ket eves epitkezesi es 6 eves erlelesi idoszak azt jelenti, hogy az uj leparlobol kikerulo elso whisky is csak nyolc ev mulva kerulhet piacra. A jelenlegi kapacitas 1,4 millio karton, amibol az USA fogyasztas kb. 600ezer. A 13%-os eves novekedes alapjan az uzem mar ebben az evtizedben elerheti maximalis termelesi kepesseget a korlatozottan rendelkezesre allo forrasviz miatt. Ha eleri a limitet, borzasztoan meg fog dragulni. Jo lesz addigra bekeszletezni.