The Newest Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Will Be the Oldest Yet

Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Spring 2019 Release. Courtesy Heaven Hill Distillery.

The new Spring 2019 batch of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond will be the oldest liquid on the national market yet.

The third release of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon will be 13 years old, according to an announcement made by parent company Heaven Hill Brands this morning. It will be the oldest released nationally (a 14-year bottle was sold once as a distillery exclusive).

Heaven Hill debuted the new vision of Old Fitzgerald just over a year ago. It is designed as a premium, moderately aged whiskey in a decanter, each one denoting both the original barreling season of the whiskey inside, and the age of the liquid once pulled from the barrel.

In order to say “Bottled-in-Bond” on the label, spirits must be aged at least 4 years, and the liquid inside must be made up entirely of liquid produced during one bonding “season,” described as either spring or fall of a particular year. They must also be bottled at 100 proof, or 50 percent alcohol. A second, much-beloved Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond whiskey was discontinued late in 2018.

At 13 years of age, this Spring 2019 will also be the most expensive release at $130 per bottle. They’re expected to be on shelves in the next few weeks.

G. Clay Whittaker
Clay is Editor at Large of The Bourbon Review. He has written about whiskey, food, drink, and culture for Esquire, Playboy, Men's Journal, Popular Science, Southern Living, Maxim, among others.