Found my great white whale

For those of you in the US, this may be confusing as to why ECBP (in general, not a specific batch) would be considered a white whale - it’s not a permanent shelter but it’s not that allocated. The problem is, I’m in Ontario, Canada, and up here…

There are more BTAC bottles that drop per year than ECBP bottles.

Seriously.

I’ve been trying to get my hands on one of these since about 2021, but haven’t been able to convince myself to make the trek down south to pick one up, only to pay 100+% duties on return, quickly turning this into a $200+ CAD bottle. But this week was the annual ECBP drop, where the province released their 700 total ECBP bottles for a customer base of 16 million people. And when I lined up at opening for my local store today, there it was, for $130 CAD/$90 USD, just waiting for me to pick it up.

I know that as I Canadian I should be focusing on Canadian whiskey right now. But I’ve wanted this bottle for years, and today I finally found it. There was no way I was gonna waste that opportunity.

For those of you in the US, this may be confusing as to why ECBP (in general, not a specific batch) would be considered a white whale - it’s not a permanent shelter but it’s not that allocated. The problem is, I’m in Ontario, Canada, and up here…

There are more BTAC bottles that drop per year than ECBP bottles.

Seriously.

I’ve been trying to get my hands on one of these since about 2021, but haven’t been able to convince myself to make the trek down south to pick one up, only to pay 100+% duties on return, quickly turning this into a $200+ CAD bottle. But this week was the annual ECBP drop, where the province released their 700 total ECBP bottles for a customer base of 16 million people. And when I lined up at opening for my local store today, there it was, for $130 CAD/$90 USD, just waiting for me to pick it up.

I know that as I Canadian I should be focusing on Canadian whiskey right now. But I’ve wanted this bottle for years, and today I finally found it. There was no way I was gonna waste that opportunity.