The Kentucky Distillers’ Association states that Margie Samuels collaborated with Bill Samuels Sr. in 1953 by baking breads made with alternative grains, which Bill blind-tasted before selecting red winter wheat. Maker’s Mark’s own history separately credits Bill with finding the ideal mashbill through kitchen bread testing.
Verified against the complete KDA release and Maker’s Mark company-history page. Existing Whiskey Lore evidence provides further family/company testimony.
Do not say the bread tests chemically predicted mature bourbon, that Margie chose the final mashbill, or that she performed distillation work. The evidence supports participation in comparative bread preparation and an attributed selection by Bill.
The combined evidence supports participation in experimental preparation while preserving the company’s assignment of the final mashbill decision to Bill. This is more precise than saying Margie created or co-authored the final recipe.
Ready after narrowing “recipe participation” to the actual documented roles.
Evidence decision
Use this claim to separate experiment preparation from the final flavor decision. It corrects both founder-only and sole-inventor versions.