Old Fitzgerald · Release Guide
Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series.
A year-by-year cheat sheet for the bottled-in-bond Decanter Series
The age on the label is what makes each Old Fitzgerald Decanter release. Spring and fall, twice a year, Heaven Hill picks a new age statement, dates the decanter, and sets it out — sometimes eight years, sometimes seventeen. Everything else around the number stays the same. The diamond-cut decanter, the same shape Heaven Hill has used for decades to nod at the older Old Fitz bottlings. The wheated recipe — corn, wheat, malted barley, no rye. The bottled-in-bond stamp: 100 proof, one distilling season, one distillery, under federal watch.
For collectors and enthusiasts, that's where the chase is. A nine-year decanter drinks softer and brighter; a fifteen carries more oak, more leather, more weight. Below is the working reference we keep at Cana, every Old Fitzgerald Decanter release in order, with age, proof, season, and the notes that explain how each one wears its years.
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Every Old Fitzgerald Decanters, by the numbers.
| Year | Season | Age | Proof | Decanter / Label Color | Notes | |
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| View releaseYEAR2018 | SEASONSpring | AGE11yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTESInaugural release of the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series. Packaging inspired by an original 1950's Old Fitzgerald diamond decanter. 1st national release. | |
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Notes Inaugural release of the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series. Packaging inspired by an original 1950's Old Fitzgerald diamond decanter. 1st national release. |
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| View releaseYEAR2018 | SEASONFall | AGE9yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES2nd national release. Established the Fall = black label convention. | |
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Notes 2nd national release. Established the Fall = black label convention. |
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| View releaseYEAR2018 | SEASONVVS | AGE14yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORred/maroon label (Kentucky distillery exclusive) | NOTESFirst VVS (Very Very Special) release in the Decanter Series. Distillery-only exclusive at the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience in Bardstown, KY. Listed on Heaven Hill's official Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series page. | |
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Notes First VVS (Very Very Special) release in the Decanter Series. Distillery-only exclusive at the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience in Bardstown, KY. Listed on Heaven Hill's official Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series page. |
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| View releaseYEAR2019 | SEASONSpring | AGE13yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTES3rd national release. Established green = Spring convention. | |
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Notes 3rd national release. Established green = Spring convention. |
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| View releaseYEAR2019 | SEASONFall | AGE15yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES4th national release. Oldest in the series at time of release. | |
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Notes 4th national release. Oldest in the series at time of release. |
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| View releaseYEAR2020 | SEASONSpring | AGE9yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTES5th national release. Release was slightly delayed due to COVID-19 disruption. | |
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Notes 5th national release. Release was slightly delayed due to COVID-19 disruption. |
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| View releaseYEAR2020 | SEASONFall | AGE14yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES6th national release. First 14-year Old Fitzgerald distributed nationally (prior 14-year red-label was distillery-only). | |
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Notes 6th national release. First 14-year Old Fitzgerald distributed nationally (prior 14-year red-label was distillery-only). |
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| View releaseYEAR2020 | SEASONVVS | AGE16yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORred/maroon label (Kentucky distillery exclusive) | NOTESSecond VVS (Very Very Special) release. Distillery-only exclusive at the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience. Listed on Heaven Hill's official Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series page. | |
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Notes Second VVS (Very Very Special) release. Distillery-only exclusive at the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience. Listed on Heaven Hill's official Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series page. |
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| View releaseYEAR2021 | SEASONSpring | AGE8yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTES7th national release. First 8-year-old in the nationally released series. Bourbon pulled from three different rickhouses on different floors and two different production dates within the same distilling season. | |
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Notes 7th national release. First 8-year-old in the nationally released series. Bourbon pulled from three different rickhouses on different floors and two different production dates within the same distilling season. |
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| View releaseYEAR2021 | SEASONFall | AGE11yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES8th national release. Second 11-year-old in the nationally released series (first was Spring 2018). Pulled from Rickhouse EE. | |
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Notes 8th national release. Second 11-year-old in the nationally released series (first was Spring 2018). Pulled from Rickhouse EE. |
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| View releaseYEAR2022 | SEASONSpring | AGE17yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTES9th national release. First 17-year-old in the nationally released series. Bourbon pulled from across three floors of rickhouse V at Heaven Hill's main campus. Only 120 barrels. | |
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Notes 9th national release. First 17-year-old in the nationally released series. Bourbon pulled from across three floors of rickhouse V at Heaven Hill's main campus. Only 120 barrels. |
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| View releaseYEAR2022 | SEASONFall | AGE19yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES10th national release. Oldest age statement in the series to date at 19 years. Bourbon pulled from across three floors of rickhouse F and one floor of rickhouse X at Heaven Hill's main campus. | |
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Notes 10th national release. Oldest age statement in the series to date at 19 years. Bourbon pulled from across three floors of rickhouse F and one floor of rickhouse X at Heaven Hill's main campus. |
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| View releaseYEAR2023 | SEASONSpring | AGE10yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTES11th national release. | |
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Notes 11th national release. |
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| View releaseYEAR2023 | SEASONFall | AGE8yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES12th national release. | |
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Notes 12th national release. |
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| View releaseYEAR2024 | SEASONSpring | AGE10yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTES13th national release. | |
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Notes 13th national release. |
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| View releaseYEAR2024 | SEASONFall | AGE11yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES14th national release. Same mashbill as Larceny: 68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley. | |
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Notes 14th national release. Same mashbill as Larceny: 68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley. |
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| View releaseYEAR2024 | SEASONVVS | AGE13yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORred/maroon label (Kentucky distillery exclusive) | NOTESThird VVS release. Commemorates the 25th anniversary of Heaven Hill acquiring the Bernheim Distillery and the Old Fitzgerald brand (April 1999). Distilled only months after that acquisition. Barrels emptied at 13 years (March 2013) and held in stainless steel tanks until bottling in February 2024. Kentucky-exclusive at Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience and select KY retailers. Named World's Best Bourbon at 2025 World Whiskies Awards. | |
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Notes Third VVS release. Commemorates the 25th anniversary of Heaven Hill acquiring the Bernheim Distillery and the Old Fitzgerald brand (April 1999). Distilled only months after that acquisition. Barrels emptied at 13 years (March 2013) and held in stainless steel tanks until bottling in February 2024. Kentucky-exclusive at Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience and select KY retailers. Named World's Best Bourbon at 2025 World Whiskies Awards. |
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| View releaseYEAR2025 | SEASONSpring | AGE9yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORgreen label | NOTES15th national release. Announced May 7, 2025. | |
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Notes 15th national release. Announced May 7, 2025. |
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| View releaseYEAR2025 | SEASONFall | AGE11yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORblack label | NOTES16th national release. Announced December 15, 2025. Most recent national Spring/Fall decanter release as of May 2026. | |
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Notes 16th national release. Announced December 15, 2025. Most recent national Spring/Fall decanter release as of May 2026. |
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| View releaseYEAR2025 | SEASONVVS | AGE11yr | PROOF100 | DECANTER / LABEL COLORred/maroon label (Kentucky distillery exclusive) | NOTESFourth VVS release. Hand-selected from the depths of Heaven Hill's rickhouses by Master Distiller Conor O'Driscoll. Same mashbill as Larceny (68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley). Available exclusively at Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience in Bardstown, KY and select Kentucky retailers. Announced August 11, 2025. | |
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Notes Fourth VVS release. Hand-selected from the depths of Heaven Hill's rickhouses by Master Distiller Conor O'Driscoll. Same mashbill as Larceny (68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley). Available exclusively at Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience in Bardstown, KY and select Kentucky retailers. Announced August 11, 2025. |
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How to read this table
Proof is bottle proof, uncut and unfiltered. Age is years and months from the day it entered the barrel to the day it was bottled. Warehouse is the rickhouse letter where the barrels matured — multiple letters mean a release was a blend of barrels from more than one rickhouse. Floor is the floor (or floors) those barrels rested on. Higher floors run hotter and yield more aggressive evaporation; lower floors are cooler and slower.
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