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Maker’s Mark: A 24 Million Bottle a Year Empire

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Maker’s Mark is one of the biggest whisky distillers in the country. From its bottle to its wax, it has become one of the most recognizable and well known brands in the world.

Eater went behind the scenes at Maker’s Mark – taking an in depth look at the production of this wheated wonder – and just how it grew to produce over 24 million bottles a year.

Tim Young is a digital marketing and communications expert whose work has been featured by major media outlets including Fox News, CNN, CBS, NBC, The Washington Post, NY Post and BET. Young’s expertise has been used to break down complex policy into digestible pieces for the public consumption. He has consulted members of Congress, chambers of commerce and executive agencies – and spent 5 years as the lead press release writer for Judicial Watch. Young’s media and social reach is expansive – in addition to hundreds of TV and radio appearances throughout the years, he was a contracted on-air commentator for WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC and is a current host for Sirius XM. Additionally, he has amassed over 1.2 million followers across multiple social media platforms. Young has had an eclectic career: writing his first opinion piece at 14, conducting neuroscience research at Johns Hopkins, earning a law degree from the University of Baltimore, earning accreditation and notoriety in the whiskey industry, and performing stand-up comedy around the globe – all while keeping a focus on advancing conservative politics.

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