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Incremental Bidding Explained
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Bottle Details
Bush Pilot's Private Reserve 1982 Single Cask 13 Year Old Canadian Whisky / US Import
Released in the USA in the 1990s, this liquid was originally intended for blending, but was deemed of to high a quality for such purposes.
This 13 year old 100% unblended corn whisky has an interesting tale behind the name.
Bush Pilot’s Private Reserve was Marilyn Smith’s tribute to her father, Fred Johnson, a Detroit entrepreneur. Smith’s partner, Bob Denton, discovered a cache of well-aged corn whisky while purchasing bulk Canadian blended whisky for his independent spirits company. The distiller had originally produced this whisky for an older Canadian blend, but discovering Denton’s interest, decided there was no reason it couldn’t be sold as is. Denton decided to bottle it for Smith, unblended, and one batch at a time.
Smith’s father was an adventurous spirit, creating a small bush airline as a hobby. Johnson’s Great Northern Skyways specialised in flying the wealthy of Detroit to the Blind River area of Ontario to hunt and fish. The pilots would bring along unmarked bottles of whisky from the Hiram Walker distillery to help them fend off the arctic chill, which the staff would refer to as “The Bush Pilot’s Private Reserve.” Smith, recalling her father fondly retelling tales of bonding by backwoods campfire, bodies warmed by this seemingly-illicit tonic, revived the sobriquet in his memory.
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