Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond 9 Year Spring 2020
Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond 9 Year Spring 2020 is a 100-proof (50% ABV), 750mL wheated bourbon — the fifth release of Heaven Hill's celebrated decanter series, built from barrels filled in March 2011 and bottled in March 2020 — available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 50% (100 proof), bottled-in-bond
- Age: 9 years — one distilling season, single distillery
- Size: 750mL ornate decanter, green spring label
- Mash bill: wheated — wheat as the secondary grain
- Distillery: Heaven Hill Bernheim Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
- Edition: Spring 2020, fifth release in the decanter series
The Decanter Series, Fifth Edition
Twice a year, Heaven Hill opens the warehouses for a bottled-in-bond Old Fitzgerald — and the Spring 2020 edition is the fifth decanter to carry the program's hallmark transparency: a single distilling season, a single distillery, and the tax strip disclosing exactly when the bourbon was made and bottled. The whiskey inside is Heaven Hill's wheated recipe, the soft, caramel-forward style that defines Old Fitzgerald, aged a full nine years in new charred American oak. The ornate diamond decanter — inspired by the original 1950s Old Fitzgerald bottles — carries the green label that denotes every spring release, making it instantly recognizable on the collector's shelf.
Tasting Notes
Nose: rich oak and caramel with a hint of fruit, the wheat grain giving a gentle baked-apple sweetness. Palate: smooth and approachable — sweet caramel, buttery chocolate, butterscotch, and fruit syrups over the wheat's soft core. Finish: long and warming — caramel, vanilla, and hints of cocoa dancing with dried fruit.
How to Enjoy
Pour it neat into a Glencairn and let the nine years of wheated bourbon do the talking; a splash of water opens the fruit. This is a contemplative sipper, not a mixer — the kind of bottle that rewards slow evenings and good company.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond decanter series? A twice-yearly release from Heaven Hill in an ornate decanter — each edition is a specific distillation season aged to a set number of years, bottled at 100 proof to the Bottled-in-Bond Act's standards.
What does the green label mean? Green labels denote spring releases; fall releases carry a black label — consistent across the whole series.
What makes it "wheated"? Wheat replaces rye as the secondary grain in the mash bill, producing a softer, sweeter, more caramel-forward bourbon than rye-recipe bourbons.
A fifth-edition classic from the decanter series — order Old Fitzgerald Spring 2020 online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA while bottles remain.
