Review: Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 11 Years Old Fall 2025 Edition

We’re finally tucking into the second and final release of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond from 2025, which as usual shipped late — in mid-December, though technically that’s still “Fall 2025.” As a refresher, Old Fitz bonded releases can range in age wildly, from 8 to 19 years (so far), but many of the more notable releases are quite young. At 11 years old Fall 2025 isn’t the baby of the group, but it’s still quite a spring chicken.

Let’s check it out.

Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 11 Years Old Fall 2025 Edition Review

A very pleasant, buttery nose kicks things off here, notes of banana dominating a fresh and almost tropical character. The aromas become peachy at times as it develops. With time in glass, the barrel takes more of a central position, folding in a very slightly gritty texture that focuses on aromas of burnt marshmallows, vanilla, and baking spices. The combination of fruit and barrel-driven sweetness is quite enchanting, and almost too approachable.

The same elements drive the attack on the palate, which is big with banana, caramel, and vanilla elements. Again there’s a gentle charriness that develops once you sit with the whiskey for a bit, with some surprising hints of maple developing further down the line. There’s a rich vein of chocolate syrup here, hinting at raisins and molasses at times, with light notes of toasted almond and coconut emerging nearer the finish.

All told, this is Old Fitz at its lightest and most effusive, a gentle whiskey that will please a crowd but also reward the patient, introspective drinker handsomely.

100 proof.

A / $160 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]

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