Maker's Mark Private Selection The CommUNITY Batch

Neat. Neck pour. Quite excited to try this! Purchased it in one of my groups 6 weeks ago or more and finally got it in hand. This is essentially a Private Select infinity bottle the way I understand it. A blend of picks from many different restaurants that contributed. The nose is kind of magical... I like it A LOT. Like best Maker’s ever first impression on the nose. Lots of different angles I could take here. Fresh hot buttery rolls. Vanilla and mint. Cinnamon and clove. Chocolate covered pretzels. Hint of floral. Caramel apples. This is straight flavor Tourette’s. I feel like I could just keep spewing combinations of stuff. Amazing nose. Mouth feel is creamy. Initial taste on the tongue is oak mixed with royal vanilla frosting. Lots of cinnamon too. Transitions into an upper cut of chocolate and coffee. Then into cinnamon apples, a granny apple specifically. Finish is chocolate covered salted pretzels. Apple is lingering. Lots of clove on subsequent sips. So many flavors. I’m not actually sure they go together though. The experience is all over the place and there is a lot of sourness and bitterness spikes and build up. It’s a fun ride that I could pick apart for a long long time. Flavor for days. It’s just no cohesive. It’s like three to four different songs all playing as loud as they can go. I like all the songs but they aren’t jiving quite yet. This could open up on. I can’t wait to re-explore this. Top impressive, this is the most rememberable Makers I have had next to RC6.