One of the reasons Bill Samuels Senior decided on the old Burks Spring Distillery was its perfect location due to the natural limestone springs on the distilleries land. One such spring lies close to the Maker’s Mark distillery and thanks to the construction of a dam this now feeds a 10-acre lake from which the water used for distillation is drawn. Contamination of the precious iron free calcium rich water by nearby farmers using insecticides is prevented by Maker’s Mark owning some 600 acres of land around the distillery and water source, most of which is left wild as a nature reserve.
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