Bill Samuels (Maker’s Mark): Early Influences

Bill Samuels, Chairman Emeritus of Maker’s Mark, discusses his early life in Bardstown, one of the bourbon centers of Kentucky, and tells of how his father was helped by “the committee of four”: Pappy van Winkle, Jerry Beam, Ed Shapira, and Hap Motlow.

This interview is from the Kentucky Bourbon Tales Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries. Watch the full interview: http://kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/27843.

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