The Samuels
What year did Bill Samuels launch Maker’s 46 Nationally?
2010
Name that Zany, incredibly smart badass who runs our sustainability efforts at the distillery?
Kim Harmon
What is the name of a Diplomat or BSI employee gains when they have been trained to dip?
Dipperator
This distillery operator began as a bourbon specialist on the tour team, moved to the still house operations team and is now the Private Select Barrel Concierge?
Kailey Durbin
What year did Bill Jr. purchase the distillery that was known as Happy Hollow?
1953
What year did Bill Jr. join his father at the Maker’s Mark Distillery?
1967
This produces enough energy to power all the warehouses in Loretto on our property?
The Solar Array
What piece of safety equipment is missing from this list: Protective eye wear, gloves, sleeves, apron and _________?
Closed toed shoes
This distillery manager is the Senior Manager of the Distillery?
Travis Bartley
What year did Bill and Margie graduate from the University of Louisville?
1932
What year did Margie secure a place on the National Historic Registry as a Historic place?
1974
What world’s largest is located on the Star Hill Farm Property?
White oak tree research repository
Who is approved to do trainings for BSI employees and agency partners?
Certified Maker’s Diplomats, Distillery Trainers and Heritage Managers
This distillery operator is the longest tenured distillery operator?
Doug Wade March 7, 1995
Who rebuilt the TW Samuels Distillery with Bill in 1933 post prohibition?
Leslie Samuels
What three things are represented in the SIV logo?
S: Samuels, IV: symbol of Bill Sr. bring the 4th gen whisky maker, Star: Star Hill Farm
Name another distillery that is B Corp Certified?
Sipsmith, Bruichladdich, Two Drifters
Who in the US and International markets needs to be emailed for approval for dipping’s?
Val, Natalie Phillips (International), Jim Recchia
This distillery operator appeared in the 2020 Maker’s Mark commercials and is still seen rolling barrels in Maker’s Mark Sizzle reals?
Chris Wheatley
Where did John Samuels Jr. immigrate to in the United States in 1713?
Bucks County, PA
What year did Bill Samuels Jr. get inducted to the Bourbon Hall of Fame?
2001
Name one of the three philanthropic investments in our over 70 years of doing so?
The LEE Initiative, Feed the Soul Foundation, Bellarmine University Scholarship
What two things must occur prior to having a consumer event where the consumer dips?
Waivers need to be signed and sent to Jim Recchia for record keeping and they must be over 21 years of age.
This distillery operator is known around campus as “Her Royal Highness”?
Whisky Jean Samuels
What year did TW and his son William establish their first commercial distillery in Deatsville, KY?
1844