Heaven Hill’s Outdated Fitzgerald line has been cranking out bonded whiskey on a daily clip, twice a yr, however these seasonal, restricted releases are arduous to come back by and invariably characteristic sky-high costs on the secondary market.
Now Heaven Hill is doing one thing about it, dropping a everlasting version of its bonded launch, bottled at 7 years previous. The brand new 7 yr previous incorporates a completely different (however nonetheless fancy-looking) bottle than the semiannual Decanter Collection releases, and it’s constructed from the identical mashbill as different Outdated Fitz expressions: 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley. The seven years of getting older are spent in a Degree 3 char new oak barrel.
Additionally, as a result of bonded releases are required to be the work of a single distilling season, you can find that season famous on the neck tag of every bottle of Outdated Fitzgerald 7. Inexperienced tags will point out spring distillation season (with yr famous), whereas gold tags will likely be used for the autumn.
We obtained a pattern from the spring 2018 distilling season.
And with that, let’s dig in.
Outdated Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 7 Years Outdated Evaluation
The nostril of the whiskey is sort of enchanting and candy, with a direct pop of silky vanilla and chewy caramel cubes. Gently honeyed at instances, it rapidly evolves restrained fruit notes of brown banana and baked apples, with layers of barrel char rising solely after important time in glass.
The palate pushes the expertise within the course of spice and peanut shells, making for a extra subdued and undulating high quality. A great deal of baking spices crash over the whiskey as a twig of cinnamon and nutmeg hit, adopted by a reprise of banana (or banana bread, right here) and vanilla wafter cookies. The end lastly sees a little bit of sharper citrus, however that is fleeting, because the whiskey rapidly retreats again to brown sugar, graham crackers, and vanilla pudding.
Whereas at instances a bit primary, the general presentation is so sunny and effusive that it’s finally robust to place down, a middle-age expertise that leans into what wheated bourbons do finest, providing a personality that feels without delay fruity and bready and slightly spicy — however at all times refined and demure. If you’ll find it for the MSRP, I’d snap one up. The excellent news is that when you missed the inaugural batch, it will likely be again, twice a yr.
100 proof. Reviewed: Spring 2018 distillate.
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Outdated Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 7 Years Outdated
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