Makers Mark introduces a new bourbon for the first time in more than 50 year… Makers 46. Creators hope the new product will remind bourbon aficionados of their old favorite while peaking their interest for something new.

Did You Know… It is law: At least 51% of the grain used in making bourbon must be corn; straight bourbon must be aged for a minimum of two years in new white oak barrels that have been charred; nothing can be added to bottling to enhance flavor, add sweetness or alter the color. Read these 23 Interesting facts about bourbon…

Excellent bourbon at a bargain price. The first American Whiskey ever to win The Spirit Journal’s Whiskey of the Year award, bottled solely from one barrel hand-selected by Master Distillers Parker and Craig Beam. Bourbon Lovers will not be disappointed.

Knob Creek is truly bourbon at its finest. Created to represent whiskey before it was mass-produced, it embodies the look, feel and taste of pre-prohibition bourbon. Aged the longest of the Small Batch Bourbons – 9 years – in charred American white oak, it strikes the senses with a maple sugar aroma, distinctive sweetness and rich, full-bodied flavor. Knob Creek is perfect straight or cooled slightly with one or two ice cubes.

A premium Single Barrel Bourbon with a taste you’ll want to savor again and again. Complex, full-bodied and surprisingly smooth with a delicate long finish that’s unbelievably mellow.

Bourbon is my favorite whiskey. Over the next weeks and months I will feature short articles on all of the bourbons I now enjoy, presented one at a time. Today's bourbon is Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve - 20 years old — The finest bourbon I have even tasted, without a doubt!

Whiskey, the flavor of which manages to be both simple and complex at the same time, standing alone among spirits in its inherent majesty. It is this reverence for the spirit that inspired Mark Twain to write: “Too much of anything is bad, but too much of a good whiskey is barely enough.”