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History of distillery
John E Fitzgerald
Worked as a treasury agent guarding the bonded warehouses
With access to great bottles, he would sneak in at night and steal sips of whiskey from the barrels.
When it came time to bottle, some barrels were lighter than others and some thought them to be good barrels
These became known as fitzgerald barrels, and later bottled and sold as old fitzgerald bottled in bond
Truth in story
It is said that fitz had a private still that he sold only to select people
In a later biography we learn he never distilled himself, but his work as a…
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