Maker's Mark vs Woodford Reserve
Two Kentucky distilleries at a similar price with very different production stories. Read the founding dates and house styles together.
Maker's Mark
The wheated bourbon in the hand-dipped red wax
Full profile →Woodford Reserve
Copper pot stills and thoroughbred country elegance
Full profile →- Founded
- 19531812
- Region
- KentuckyKentucky
- Signature bottling
- Maker's MarkDistiller's Select
- House style
- Wheated softness — honey, caramel and baking bread, no rye bite.Polished and layered — dried fruit, cocoa and gentle spice.
- Core range
- Maker's Mark · Maker's 46 · Cask StrengthDistiller's Select · Double Oaked · Batch Proof
Every figure above is read from the Atlas entry for each, so this page stays in step with them.