{"id":882,"date":"2016-10-24T02:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2016\/10\/24\/it-pays-to-have-friends\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:27:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:27:05","slug":"it-pays-to-have-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"It Pays To Have Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4999,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/gunculture2point0.wordpress.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gunculture2point0.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9046,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/2f74epw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Bourbon-Whiskey-Our-Native-Spirit\\\/dp\\\/1681570033\\\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1477275339&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bernie+lubbers&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=nolaonguanmo-20&amp;linkId=ef92f93231ad375a88d2fd7e756a6553&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9047,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/modernthirst.com\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/28\\\/bourbon-review-old-fitzgerald-bottled-in-bond-100-proof&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/modernthirst.com\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/28\\\/bourbon-review-old-fitzgerald-bottled-in-bond-100-proof&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nIt pays to have friends. I am very fortunate to be friends with David Yamane ( of the great blog<a href=\"https:\/\/gunculture2point0.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Gun Culture 2.0<\/a>). He was recently in Kentucky touring the Bourbon Trail. Seeing his posts about the trip on Facebook, I messaged him to see if he might find me a bottle of Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fitz3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fitz3.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As you can see, David came through for me. I had tried to find it when I was in Kentucky earlier this year at the NRA Annual Meeting to no avail. From what I understand, most of the production of bourbon that had been going to the Old Fitzgerald brand is now being saved for Larceny bourbon.<\/p>\n<p>Having read Bernie Lubbers&#8217; book <i><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2f74epw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bourbon Whiskey: Our Native Spirit<\/a><\/i>, I have been paying attention to bourbons that are bottled in bond. This tells me that the bourbon is at least four years old, it was distilled in a single season at a single distillery, and that it is 100 proof. As Bernie writes, &#8220;In short, the good stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Old Fitzgerald BIB is a wheated bourbon from Heaven Hill. It was originally a Stitzel-Weller brand and the tall chimney at that distillery still says &#8220;Old Fitzgerald&#8221;. While not a top shelf bourbon, it is still considered <a href=\"http:\/\/modernthirst.com\/2014\/05\/28\/bourbon-review-old-fitzgerald-bottled-in-bond-100-proof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the best values in the wheated bourbon<\/a> category. I can&#8217;t wait to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>Again, my thanks to David for finding this for me.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It pays to have friends. 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