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Update: (Image of Bottle Added) UK Coach John Calipari Will Be Featured on Maker’s Mark Collectible

University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari will be pictured on another of the collector series bottles for Maker’s Mark and Keeneland Association Inc.

The limited-edition bottles are expected to be available for purchase across Kentucky beginning Friday, April 2, the opening day of Keeneland’s spring meet. They will retail for about $49.

“It’s an honor to team with Maker’s Mark and the university in this unique fund-raising opportunity to help benefit the UK Symphony Orchestra Outreach Program,” I’m not sure the world is ready for my face on a bottle, but if it helps the university, I’m all for it.”

Calipari, Maker’s Mark president Bill Samuels Jr., and Keeneland president and CEO Nick Nicholson will sign bottles at Keeneland on Friday, April 9. The running of the Grade I Marker’s Mark Mile Thoroughbred race also will be held at the track that day.

The proceeds from the sales of the commemorative bottles — estimated to be about $300,000 from 24,000 bottles — will benefit a program that brings the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and students from the UK School of Music into Kentucky’s public schools.

3 Comment(s)

  1. how can i get a bottle of john calipari makers mark

    betty bloom | Mar 1, 2010 | Reply

  2. @Betty Bloom: Visit your favorite liquor store on April 2.

    BBQandBourbon | Mar 2, 2010 | Reply

  3. Hi, I am very interested in buying 1, maybe 2 bottles. I did not know they were selling the bottles. Please let me know if I can obtain one og these bottles.

    Sharon Motley | Nov 16, 2011 | Reply

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