The results are in for the 2025 World Whiskies Awards, and one Kentucky Bourbon is standing above the rest.
Heaven Hill Distillery’s Old Fitzgerald 2024 VVS took home the title for World’s Best Bourbon, as well as Best Kentucky Bourbon, knocking out top-ranked favorites from Bardstown and 15 Stars in 2024. The 13-year bottled-in-bond “Very, very special” (aka VVS) wheated bourbon was originally distilled in 1999 and in 2013, was transferred to steel tanks. It was bottled and released in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Heaven Hill’s acquisition of the Bernheim Distillery in Louisville
“The Bernheim Distillery became the lifeblood for Heaven Hill’s survival following the catastrophic fire which destroyed the original distillery in 1996,” the brand shared online. “Heaven Hill is proud to have preserved the historic Old Fitzgerald brand which dates back to the 1880s.”…