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we are ready to review the old fitzgerald bottled in bond spring 2023 edition this is the brand new
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release from heaven hill it's a 10 year old bottled in bond weeded um kentucky bourbon i you
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know i'm trying to find details on this online i could not find very much about it but i do
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thankfully have a press release here from heaven hill which came along with the bottle thank you
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again, Heaven Hill, for the sample, and gave us a little bit of info about this release. It was
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from, it was distilled in 2013 and bottled in spring of 2023. The mash bill I'm seeing online
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is 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley. It meets the strict requirements of Bottle & Bond
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which are the product of a single distillery from a single distilling season, aka spring 2023
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was when, well, distilled spring 2013, released spring 2023. Aged a minimum of four years
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This one's 10. And bottled at 100 proof. Again, I've never reviewed one of these on the channel
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I'm really excited. Let's go ahead and give it a nose. Some familiar Heaven Hill notes
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Of course, my favorite note from the distillery. To me, it's a very distinctive note
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It's a bake shop. Now, sometimes it varies. Sometimes it's like a dessert shop
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Sometimes it like a fresh baked bread shop But for me this one is it sweet It leaning towards like a cake I don want to say like cheesecake because that like a little funky but it has some of those like
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sweeter, like cream cheese kind of notes to it on the nose. So of course, it has some of those
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sweeter, younger notes. You know, with Heaven Hill, we've tried some of their older products
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We try some of their younger products. I'm a fan of all of them. This one does read a little bit
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in the, I don't want to say younger category, but definitely not some of the older, oakier
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heaven hill products it's got a lot of that cake sweetness i don't know if it's necessarily yellow
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cake or like the actual icing on a cake so retail on this is 140 so a bit up there um typically with
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these releases they've kind of been a variable it's hard to find at retail let's be real right
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but for 140 again it's a special release it comes in a really cool decanter if you haven't seen this
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decanter it's one of the most beautiful decanters just in the world of whiskey they really go all
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out. So you're paying partially for the glass. People typically say about $10 per year of the
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whiskey, just as like a rough estimate. $140, you know, you're paying for the glass. I think it's
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a decent price, but let's see if it's worth it based on taste. So cheers. Thank you all for
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tuning in live. And those of you watching the recorded video, cheers to you as well
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Okay. I was a little nervous on the nose. I was worried that it was leaning young and not well
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developed but I will say on palette it does bring in some of those not quite oaky notes It not like an oakier like an older you know like like an electric barrel proof or anything like that It definitely leaning in the mid range of age which makes sense right
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Like it's 10 years old. That's about right in the middle of what they normally do. It does have a really complex spiciness to it
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It's different than a lot of weeded Heaven Hill bourbons I've had
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Usually those are a little softer. You know, you usually get a little of the oak. This one is bringing out something a little bit different
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It's bringing out a sweetness. And I haven't quite been able to place that yet on first sip
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I'm going to have to go in for a second sip. Yeah, second sip is everything that I really liked about that first sip
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There's so much sweetness there. That's like not a 68% corn, right
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But that wheat is at 20%. That's putting a lot. That's getting a lot of flavor characteristic or opportunity for it, right
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Sometimes wheat is a little light. This one, though, brings in like a nice toastiness to it
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I like this. I mean, again, I've never reviewed it on the channel. I've had it before, thanks to some amazing friends
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But this is a fantastic release. I'm very, very happy with this
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I think for $140, I would gladly buy a bottle of it. If not just for having, I mean, I've always wanted one of the decanters, let's be real
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But I really do think this is a fantastic expression of Heaven Hill. You can tell they put a lot of energy and effort into their limited edition releases like this one And I think you know people may say like oh 10 years Elijah Craig older It is older But one this is softer it lighter it sweeter it a different flavor profile but doesn mean that it not just as decadent just as delicious And yeah let see what their
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tasting notes are just to compare, like doing a little comparison at the end after I've tried it. Brown sugar and molasses on the nose, light baking spices with orange peel. Again, I did
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get those spices up front. I was really impressed by how much spice it got on this with it being a
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weeded mashup um it says palette of butterscotch subtle oak and cloves um finish is long and warm
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with tannins and peppery tingle followed by a hint of barrel char as the finale i didn't necessarily
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get the barrel char again this didn't drink like an older like a highly aged bourbon but it did
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drink like a really balanced again i got all that spices like i said i didn't specifically name the
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spices but i did get that spiciness that's what stood out to me something i don't typically get
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on a weeded bourbon. So I think this is a winner. I would buy a bottle of this if I could find it for
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retail. So I'm curious if anyone who has had this, leave a comment down below. Let me know your
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thoughts. Like I said, this just came out. It is a spring 2023 release, but the pressure release
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didn't come out till this month. So I'm very excited to be maybe one of the first to try it
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I've seen a couple of channels that have done it. Haven't watched the reviews because I try to be
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honest, my first real impressions, but thank y'all so much for watching. Cheers
