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Maker's Mark Elevates Bourbon Bottling Efficiency with Fogg Filler

To preserve its rich heritage and strict product quality standards, Maker's Mark replaced an aging filler at its Loretto, Kentucky distillery with a custom Fogg gravity filler-capper system. The upgrade delivered immediate results, improving bottle control, maintaining precise alcohol proof, and eliminating delay between filling and capping.

With explosion-proof enclosures, robust construction, and seamless integration, the new line restored baseline efficiency within three days and exceeded target standards in under a week. Fogg’s commitment to continuous machine improvement, custom engineering, and responsive customer service ensures Maker's Mark can scale production without compromising the craft quality of its legendary bourbon.

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0:03 - Maker's Mark was started by the Samuels family and really the Maker's Mark recipes have

0:08 - only been around since the 50s. I've always said Maker's Mark is the real deal. Our story is real, our product is real, our heritage is real. So, we still make our own labels, we hand-dip every bottle.

0:22 - We do a one-batch process where we make one mash we ferment it in one fermenter and we have right now 62 separate fermenters so that we can keep that one-batch process.

0:36 - It's just a beautiful place, it's almost like coming to Disney World for bourbon.

0:50 - We wanted to replace an old filler for concerns of product quality we wanted to make sure that we had

0:57 - the best possible scenario for bottle control so that we would never jeopardize product in any way. So Fogg was a natural choice and it met all those criteria that we had for a new filler capper.

1:11 - We noticed immediately that we improved our line efficiency and we had better bottle control. We also no longer have to worry about constantly monitoring

1:20 - the alcohol content and the proof because Fogg is a gravity filler. Within three days of

1:29 - installing the filler we were back up to running prior efficiency standards and we were hitting our established efficiency standards in less than a week it was pretty much a seamless process.

1:44 - Their machines are reliable, well-built, simple to maintain and also the bottle is filled an

1:50 - capped very quickly so there's not a lag time between filling and capping. It directly leaves the

1:56 - filler and directly goes into the capper. Fogg uses explosion-proof enclosure and intrinsic safety

2:03 - devices so it's a very robust system. I've always admired Fogg for their ability to add improvements to their machines every time they build a new machine, they make sure that they improve it.

2:19 - They're not afraid to customize things to suit the customer and anytime I’ve needed parts or service they've literally bent over backwards to take care of us and I’ve always appreciated that from Fogg.

2:32 - If I have a need for filling in the future, I would definitely buy a Fogg!