Maker’s Mark has released its 2026 edition of Cellar Aged, now officially available in the UK for consumers. Into its fourth year, this year’s Cellar Aged release combines 11-, 12- and 14-year-old Maker’s Mark bourbons together, and for a distillery whose flagship whisky has always been about consistency and that classic flavour over age statements, this is an exciting and notable direction for Maker’s Mark.

Why Cellar Aged? Kentucky’s climate of hot summers and cold winters pushes the spirit hard into the wood, so the whiskey is initially aged in the distillery’s traditional rickhouses, where every barrel is still rotated by hand and left for six to seven years. It’s then moved to its limestone cellar beneath Star Hill Farm, where the temperature is much cooler and steadier conditions, on par with a Scottish distillery warehouse. This reduces that wood and whisky interaction, and allows longer maturation where the flavours of fruit develop, and oak is kept in balance.

Finally, it’s blended and bottled at cask strength, 56.05% ABV; it brings together 49% 11-year-old, 33% 12-year-old and 18% 14-year-old bourbons. The finished product is still undeniably Maker’s Mark, with its rich and layered flavour; you can taste aromas of cherry, clove, vanilla bean, and soft orchard fruit. On the palate, honey appears, brown sugar, and ripe plums giving way to almonds, nutmeg, and crisp green apples.

Cellar Aged sits at the top of the Maker’s Mark portfolio, alongside. Maker’s Mark 46, Cask Strength and the Private Selection custom barrel programme. In 2025, it also launched its innovative Star Hill Farm Whisky

Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged 2026 is now available in the UK through select luxury retailers and fine whisky specialists, including Harrods

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