OLD FITZGERALD BOURBON WHISKEY 9 YEAR 750 ML

2025 Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond 9 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a 100 proof (50% ABV) ultra-premium spirit released in May 2025 as the highly anticipated 15th installment in the brand’s legendary allocated decanter series. Produced by Heaven Hill Distillery at their historic facility in Bardstown, Kentucky, this rare expression features the distillery's celebrated wheated mash bill. It stands as a pinnacle monument to the historic federal guidelines of the 1897 Bottled-in-Bond Act, requiring the liquid to be aged for a minimum of four years, distilled in a single six-month season by one master distiller, and kept entirely unblended with outside vintages. The core ethos and structural identity of this bottle rely entirely on a historical mash bill philosophy that substitutes sharp grain heat for velvet softness. The legendary Old Fitzgerald line is well-known for its distilling pedigree and the intriguing story behind its namesake, John E. Fitzgerald, whose palate famously guided early barrels before the brand was popularized by Pappy Van Winkle. Unlike traditional Kentucky bourbons that utilize rye as their secondary flavoring grain, Heaven Hill substitutes soft red winter wheat alongside local corn and malted barley. Leaving this specific recipe to rest for nine full years inside traditional wood rickhouses allowed the grain starches to breakdown into dense, creamy dessert sugars that completely buffer the high-proof engine. The liquid architecture was masterfully managed by the production team to balance deep, resinous wood maturity with a highly approachable, fruit-forward complexity. Composed of an unadulterated small batch of barrels produced entirely in the spring of 2016, the spirit features a mash bill of 75% corn, 20% wheat, and 5% malted barley. The ultimate blending objective was to isolate "honey barrels" from the middle floors of the warehouse where the wood sugars could completely integrate with the wheat without succumbing to overl