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Very Very Old Fitzgerald 12 Year Old 100 Proof 1955 (1 BT 4/5 Quart)

Stitzel-Weller

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October 25, 06:38 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Very Very Old Fitzgerald 12 Year Old 100 Proof 1955


Distilled in Spring 1955, bottled in Spring 1967 at Stitzel-Weller Distillery, ullage: top shoulder, capsule worn around the top, front label slightly worn and scuffed, back label very slightly peeling


Old Fitzgerald was the flagship brand of the Stitzel-Weller Distillery, led by Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle. The whiskey came in a variety of ages, and in 1964, the same year he retired and a year before he died, Van Winkle changed the name on the whiskeys 12 years and older to Very Very Old Fitzgerald. The 12-year-old in particular is widely considered one of the greatest wheated bourbons ever produced, especially those bottled in the mid-1960s, such as this one.


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1 bt 4/5 quart (nop)


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