Is Maker's Mark 46 Worth the Hype After Its 99-Point Score? — The Cut — S02E114

Maker's Mark 46 just earned a 99-out-of-100 Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, adding to an earlier World's Best Finished Bourbon win. The bottle is 94 proof, about $40, and sitting on shelves nationwide — no lottery, no allocation. Two competitions, two panels, same bottle landing near the top both times. Price and quality rarely line up this cleanly.