Maker’s Mark: The environmentally-friendly bourbon
Maker’s Mark has always been my favorite bourbon, ever since a friend of mine gave me a shot of it my senior year in college. I’ve always found it to be the smoothest of the American bourbons, good for sipping, or for mixing with Coke.
However, what I didn’t know is that Maker’s Mark is a “green” bourbon, recycling the products of the distilling process. This Inhabitat.com article discusses how Maker’s Mark has an energy production facility that takes the grain and water mix produced during distillation and turns it into renewable energy. The system currently produces 85 million BTUs of energy a day. That’ll power a lot of air conditioners! The system is projected to expand to produce more than double that amount over the next 10 years as production grows.
Maker’s Mark also recycles 95% of its other waste, including cardboard, glass, paper, plastic, metals, and barrels.
So be good to the environment and enjoy some Maker’s Mark in a shot glass, highball glass, or old fashioned glass.
