Maker’s Mark
Maker’s Mark is a site in Loretto, Kentucky. The 1805 distillery where the red wax seals the bourbon. The archive files it under industry and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.
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Is Maker’s Mark haunted?
The record holds 1 claim — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed anecdotal. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Maker's Mark is the bourbon that burned the recipe — the 1953 distillery where Bill Samuels Sr. torched the family formula and made a wheat bourbon instead of rye, the red-wax bottle that Margie designed and named. It's the original premium bourbon.
The distillery was the reinvention — the 'godawful whisky' the family had made for generations, the oven-tested recipe that chose wheat for smoothness, the bottle that Margie designed from her pewter collection. They hand-dip every bottle; they spell it 'whisky' without the e.
The distillery is still there — the Loretto site that's a National Historic Landmark, the tours that Margie invented, the bourbon that's still the family's. The file keeps Maker's Mark: the 1953 purchase, the burned recipe, and the distillery that made premium bourbon.
Maker's Mark is the archive's bourbon file — the wheat recipe, the red wax, and the distillery that invented the category.
Why this file matters
Maker's Mark is the archive's bourbon file — the 1953 reinvention, the wax-dipped bottle, and the distillery that's still the Samuels'.
A distillery that burned its recipe keeps its wax — the file's suggestion being that Maker's Mark's hold is the reinvention: the wheat instead of rye, the Margie-designed bottle, and the bourbon that's still hand-dipped.
Maker's Mark is a small-batch bourbon whisky produced in Loretto, Kentucky, by Suntory Global Spirits. It is bottled at 90 U.S. proof (45% alcohol by volume) and sold in squarish bottles sealed with red wax. The distillery offers tours and is part of the American Whiskey Trail and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
Maker's MarkThe record of claims
Reported a presence in the warehouses. The reports at Maker’s Mark are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming. The file stays open on it.
Documented history
The 1805 site and the 1953 brand are documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Maker’s Mark' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyWikipedia
Sources on file
- 01Maker’s MarkWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
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