Old Fitzgerald Question

[Bmac]

Hi all. I was talking with a store manager who had acquired several lots of alcohol from an old liquor store that had filed bankruptcy. He said he had several bottles of Old Fitzgerald that he knew to be about 20 years old. I tried to ask him what the description of the label was and he said it's a white label. I tried many times to see if it was a dark silver/grey label with a white stripe with red lettering and he said no. It's a white label.

This makes me think it could be the Very Old Fitzgerald label, which is a 10yr correct? He's going to have it shipped to his store so I'll have a crack at it, but I am curious; was Very Old Fitzgerald still being sold in 1990?

[clingman71]

Maybe he's smoking crack and it's Old Forester.

[White Dog]

Who knows, but you should PM me the store's name and address just to to be sure.

[Bmac]

Who knows, but you should PM me the store's name and address just to to be sure.

You comin' to Texas?

[Bmac]

Maybe he's smoking crack and it's Old Forester.

I doubt it. He started the conversation with "Have you heard of Fitzgerald bourbon?" He's been in the industry for years. He has Old Forester at his store, I seriously doubt he would bid on stuff he already has.

[Bmac]

Well...so much for my high anticipation. Turns out it's regular Old Fitzgerald (Gold Label) at 80 proof. It's definitely old but I don't know HOW old or even whether it's SW or HH. So i figured I drove all that way I picked up 3 750's and 2 1.75s. I left 3 750s still on the shelf; PM me if you want the address.

[Bmac]

I picked through the old threads and found one where some people were speculating on the age of this very type of bottle. Does the community have ways of determining? Here the facts I know:

it has the UPC of 88076 marking it as UD (possibly) and it has the sub code next to it of OW12521. The stamped numbers on the bottom of the bottles have no determinable pattern. Like one that says A2 24 039 0 0416. 0 could mean 2000 but the 1.75 liter has different markings such as 07 in the same spot for the 0. It has a different OW number: OW12356. So are they different production years or just that it's different for 1.75 versus 750?

I cracked one of the 750s and it's not bad! Very enjoyable actually! Light years better than Rebel Yell, and more enjoyable than Larceny. So...either way it's good but I would love to know how old it is. Any help?

[cowdery]

If the label says DSP-16, and the price is reasonable, buy it. No brainer. Not every bottle, especially of Gold Label, was stellar but it's still DSP-16 whiskey so you can't go too far wrong.

[CaptainQ]

If the label says DSP-16, and the price is reasonable, buy it. No brainer. Not every bottle, especially of Gold Label, was stellar but it's still DSP-16 whiskey so you can't go too far wrong.

Only problem is the 80 proof won't have the DSP number on it.

[cowdery]

No? I thought even the Prime label had the DSP on it.