Special Edition Sports Bottles

General Info: The bottle was dipped in 1993, and was very important to folks to the point where people started collecting Maker’s Mark bottles. Caution: There are some fakes, so to know if the bottle is original, check the bottom for a 93 or 94 bottle marking. Most bottles are marked with 94 on the bottom.

History: We heard a few different reasons why the bottle was created, but the story goes, the Governor asked Maker’s Mark to do the invitations for the Governor’s Inaugural ball and they sealed it with blue wax. They had wax left over and dipped a few bottles in blue for UK. The bottles also were dubbed to honor UK’s 1993 SEC Basketball championship, or UK’s 1993 Final Four appearance.

Detail: Regular “Old Style Sour Mash” label, with blue wax. As far as we know, no slammed bottles were created.

Number Produced: It's debatable, we've heard 2,400 bottles, 4,800 bottles, and 6,000 bottles.

General Info: The bottle was dipped in 1993, and was very important to folks to the point where people started collecting Maker’s Mark bottles. Caution: There are some fakes, so to know if the bottle is original, all 50mL were glass at the time.

History: We heard a few different reasons why the bottle was created, but the story goes, the Governor asked Maker’s Mark to do the invitations for the Governor’s Inaugural ball and they sealed it with blue wax. They had wax left over and dipped a few bottles in blue for UK. And the bottles were to honor UK’s 1993 SEC Basketball championship, or UK’s 1993 Final Four appearance.

Detail: Regular “Old Style Sour Mash” label, with blue wax.

Number Produced: These were only made for Employees of Maker's Mark, so few and far in between.

This bottle was created in to celebrate the University of Kentucky’s 1996 National Championship

Whit wax with a blue ribbon, reading “1996″ on one side and “Kentucky” on the other. The label has a denim look in remembrance of the denim jerseys worn by the Kentucky team for part of the season.

Number of Produced: Unknown

This 50 mL employee denim bottle was not for sale, and only given to the Maker's Mark employees.

Number of Produced: Unknown

General Info: This bottle was produced and sold in early 1998 after the Vols won the Championship in Football. They were sold only in Central TN. This one is signed by Leonard Little, Al Wilson, and Corey Terry.

Detail: Normal “Old Style Southern Mash” label. Orange wax with a specialized “tax strip” running over the bottle with the date “1997″ on one side, “Tennessee” on the other side, and a football on top.

Number Produced: Unknown

General Info: This bottle was produced and sold after the Lady Vols won the 1998 Basketball Championship. They were sold only in Central TN. This one is signed by: Pat Summitt

Detail: Normal “Old Style Southern Mash” label. Orange wax with a specialized “tax strip” running over the bottle with the date “1998″ on one side, “Tennessee” on the other side, and a basketball on top.

Number Produced: Unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unkown

Details: This was the original Museum bottle. In order to get a bottle, one had to donate ,000 to the UK basketball museum.

Number produced: #250

Details: These were left over from the original Museum bottles, and dipped in gold so one could identify the difference. The gold tipped Museum bottles were then sold at Sal's in Lexington.

Number of produced: #750

General Info: This was the first Governor’s Cup bottle created.

Detail: The bottle features Red wax, with a blue wax stamp reading “2005″. One side features signatures, as the other side is unknown at the moment.

Number Produced: ??

Signatures: Red Ink- UofL Head Coach: Bobby Petrino, ?Unknown?. Blue Ink- Kentucky Governor: Ernie Fletcher, UK Head Coach: Rich Brooks, ?Unknown?.

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

General Info: This bottle was released on May 5, 2005 to celebrate the 30th annaversary of the Kentucky Colonels ABA Champitionship in 1975.

Detail: The Colonels logo on a white label with red, white, and blue wax.

Number Produced: (About) #100-120

Additional Info: This bottle was only available at the 30th reunion and was organized by Greater Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce. Along with the bottle, a program could be found. The program includes photo’s, Bio’s, autographs from the owners (Ellie and John Y. Brown Jr), coaches (Hubie Brown, Stan Albeck), and players.

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

General Info: These bottles were a 0 mail-in orders, that was on a first-come, first-served basis, which benefited the Cardinal Athletic Fund and scholarships for U of L student athletes.

Detail: The UofL Cardinal logo is on the label. Red over black wax with a paper ring the saying “Louisville” around the neck. Along with a 2005 wax stamp.

Number Produced: #900

Signatures: Bobby Petrino, Rick Pitino, and Tom Jurich

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: #6,000

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year. This is the rarer of the Colts bottle, and was part of the 6,000 created.

Number of produced: #6,000 total between regular and slammed bottles.

This bottle was dipped to commemorate the 2007 Orange Bowl. This game matched up No. 15 Wake Forest and No. 6 Louisville, and was played in Dolphins Stadium on Jan. 2 2007. These bottles were given to UofL Athletic Dept. for their hard work that year.

Game Score: UofL 24 vs Wake Forest 13

Number Produced #60
(However, very few still exist…unopened at least)

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General Info: This was the first Governor’s Cup bottle created.

Detail: The bottle features Gold wax. One side features signatures, as the other side is unknown at the moment.

Number Produced: we believe 50

Signatures: Red Ink- ?Unknown?, ?Unknown?. Blue Ink- Ex-Athletic Director: C. M. Newton, Ex-Tight End Derrick Ramsey. Black-Ink- Kentucky Governor: Steve Beshear

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of Produced: Unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

This bottle was produced to commemorate the NHL championship.

Number produced: unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

This bottle was done for the 2011 Division II National Championship Team, Bellarmine Knights. Bellarmine University is located in Louisville, KY and this was the Knights first NCAA Division II National Championship.

The set came with a bottle of Woodford Reserve, Maker’s Mark, as well as the stand.

Number Produced #1,000

This etched bottle commemorates St. Xavier High School in Louisville, KY.

The bottles were auctioned off at Audubon Country Club, and is signed by both Bill and Rob Samuels. Rob spoke to the crowd that attended.

Number Produced #6

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year. (Sticker Added)

Number of produced: 400 Cases

This bottle was released in 2012 for the Louisville football coach Charlie Strong.

Number of produced: 8400

General Info: This was the 3rd installment of the Governor cup series, following the 2005 and 2008 bottle. There are at least 5 different types of bottles, that we know of, as in the font's color and characters are different, as well as the trophy.

Details: The bottle features Red wax, with a red wax stamp reading “2012″. All bottle were created as a blank canvas. Some bottles now have images on them that were created by an artist the buyer knew.

Number Produced: ??

General Info: This was the 3rd installment of the Governor cup series, following the 2005 and 2008 bottle. There are at least 5 different types of bottles, that we know of, as in the font's color and characters are different, as well as the trophy.

Details: The bottle features Red wax, with a red wax stamp reading “2012″. All bottle were created as a blank canvas. Some bottles now have images on them that were created by an artist the buyer knew.

Number Produced: ??

General Info: This was the 3rd installment of the Governor cup series, following the 2005 and 2008 bottle. There are at least 5 different types of bottles, that we know of, as in the font's color and characters are different, as well as the trophy.

Details: The bottle features Red wax, with a red wax stamp reading “2012″. All bottle were created as a blank canvas. Some bottles now have images on them that were created by an artist the buyer knew.

Number Produced: ??

General Info: This was the 3rd installment of the Governor cup series, following the 2005 and 2008 bottle. There are at least 5 different types of bottles, that we know of, as in the font's color and characters are different, as well as the trophy.

Details: The bottle features Red wax, with a red wax stamp reading “2012″. All bottle were created as a blank canvas. Some bottles now have images on them that were created by an artist the buyer knew.

Number Produced: ??

General Info: This was the 3rd installment of the Governor cup series, following the 2005 and 2008 bottle. There are at least 5 different types of bottles, that we know of, as in the font's color and characters are different, as well as the trophy.

Details: The bottle features Red wax, with a red wax stamp reading “2012″. All bottle were created as a blank canvas. Some bottles now have images on them that were created by an artist the buyer knew.

Number Produced: ??

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: #9000

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: unknown

This bottle was produced to celebrate their championship that year.

Number of produced: #12,000