An Old Fitzgerald Question

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An Old Fitzgerald Question

Unread postby PaulO » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:38 am

For a long time I have collected glassware. Jack Daniels logo is probably the easist to find. Then some times I find Beam, Crown, or Canadian Club glasses. I usually don't bring those home with me. The stuff from other bourbon brands is far less common. Recently I found a set of old fashioned glasses from Old Fitzgerald. The writing on the glass says "100 PROOF KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY -STITZEL-WELLER DISTILLERY, LOUISVILLE, KY". I am curious if somebody could tell me when S-W was making 100 ptoof Old Fitz in Louisville?
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Re: An Old Fitzgerald Question

Unread postby PaulO » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:01 pm

Thanks Jeff, so then they were probably made no later than 1972. Just looking at the glasses I thought they were from the 1950's or 60s. I need to get a camera. I might be pouring some Old Fitz in these glasses, but not S-W.
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Re: An Old Fitzgerald Question

Unread postby cowdery » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:48 pm

Stitzel-Weller is no more as a company and the S-W distillery made its last batch in 1992. There is still a 100-proof Old Fitzgerald and it is still made in Louisville but at a different distillery, now owned by Heaven Hill. Since Prohibition it has only been made at those two distilleries. Bernheim, Heaven Hill's distillery, is actually in Louisville. Stitzel-Weller is in the Louisville suburb of Shively. Although no distilling is done there today, Stitzel-Weller is still used for aging by its present owner, Diageo.
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