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Whiskey Review: Old Fitzgerald Fall 2022 Bottled-In-Bond

We review Old Fitzgerald Fall 2022 Bottled-In-Bond, a 19 year old bourbon that's the oldest to date in this specific line.

OVERALL RATING

10
$240.00
  • Charles Steele is an attorney and whiskey enthusiast with a penchant for the peculiar.
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Fall 2022 edition of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond

Tasting Notes

About:

Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 19-years-old. 50% ABV. MSRP $240.
Appearance:
Burnt amber, with thin and quick legs.
Nose:
Warm and inviting. There is the briefest hit of alcohol, but its warming vs. astringent. This nose has a lot of pieces, they are extremely mature and difficult to parse out. Strong dark chocolate, with vanilla bean – it seems to have a hint of coconut and a touch of hard caramel. It really doesn’t have the over oak qualities you’d expect for a 19-year bourbon, or char, or leather. Despite its age, it is vibrant and sweet. It is, I will distinguish, mature smelling.
Palate:
This is drying, syrupy and a bit of a punch of alcohol. I found soft spice, the oak that was missing from the nose, the softness of caramel in the wheat and sugar from the corn. The sip does what you want from an excellent bourbon. The front end greets your senses and really gets things going. It is followed by the mid palate, which adds the sweet notes of the nose with the complexity of the oak and mature compounds. The finish just holds. As your body warms up, so do the notes on the finish. You get oak, which gives way to tobacco, which gives way to chocolate and finally holds with caramel and spice.
Finish:
Comments:
There are no surprises here – this whiskey is a cut-above. The softness of a wheat bourbon is not lost from 19 years in oak. The alcohol content does not overwhelm or burden the drinker. There is a marriage between all the component elements of this whiskey to create a mature, consistent, and powerful drink.rnrnThere are elements I wish this whiskey had. Which is to say, how this whiskey could be my perfect whiskey, not actual flaws, or ways to improve this whiskey. I mean if I built my “dream” whiskey, this would be a large percentage of what I’d want, with a few alterations. Again, no surprises here. This lineage has hit all the marks, and this one is no different.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Charles Steele

Charles Steele, a Portland-based attorney, is a native of the Pacific Northwest. His legal background provides him with an analytical approach to understanding whiskey and other aged spirits. Primarily a legal writer, freelancing for The Whiskey Wash offers Charles a unique opportunity to showcase his versatility as a writer. Although his preference lies with whiskey and whiskey-based cocktails, he has a profound appreciation for all unique and unconventional liquors, from Malört to Ojen - if it's peculiar, he's intrigued.

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