Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 9 Year Old
Old Fitzgerald · Heaven Hill Distillery
Old Fitzgerald's decanter series continues to reward patience. This 9-year bottled-in-bond expression balances wheated sweetness with genuine barrel complexity, offering structure without aggression. A bourbon that rewards slow, attentive sipping.
Nose
Caramel-dipped wheat toast leads, followed by a wave of ripe cherry and warm butterscotch. Underneath lies a faint dustiness — dried corn husk mingling with soft floral carnation notes.
Palate
The entry is creamy and wheated, with maple syrup sweetness giving way to baking spices and toasted oak. Mid-palate shifts toward dark cocoa and a touch of leather, grounded by a pleasant earthiness.
Finish
Long and warming, with butterscotch and charred oak lingering alongside a whisper of dried cherry. The wheat softness cushions the final beat of brown spice.
- Mash Bill
- Wheat-forward (exact proprietary; corn, wheat, malted barley)
- Barrel Type
- New charred American oak
- Bottled in Bond
- Yes
- Single Barrel
- No
- Wheated
- Yes
Cocktail Suggestion
Limestone Old Fashioned — 2 oz Old Fitzgerald BiB · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over a large ice cube, express an orange peel.
Food Pairing
Smoked duck breast with cherry compote
Distilled at Heaven Hill's Bernheim facility in Louisville and aged in its Bardstown rickhouses perched on Kentucky limestone, Old Fitzgerald carries a pedigree stretching back to 1870 and the original recipes of John E. Fitzgerald.
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