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CHICAGO BULLS LEGEND AND LONGTIME NORTH SHORE RESIDENT SCOTTIE PIPPEN—A ROOKIE SPIRITS ENTREPRENEUR IN THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY—IS CONFIDENT THAT HIS DIGITS BOURBON WHISKEY WILL NET LEGIONS OF RABID FANS. BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Scottie Pippen’s rich baritone is the envy of any DJ looking to land a gig at a smooth jazz radio station. But Pippen didn’t need his deep voice to personify smoothness on basketball courts worldwide during a highly decorated career, gliding his lean, chiseled 6-foot-8 frame as a six-time NBA champion forward for the Chicago Bulls and as a two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist. And now he’s one of two accomplished men behind Digits, a five-year-old Tennessee bourbon whiskey [46 percent alcohol by volume, 92 proof ] that he launched with famed wine and spirits maker Dave Phinney earlier this summer. It’s Pippen’s first foray into the beverage industry, and it happened to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Bull's 1991 NBA championship. Picture Pippen soaring effortlessly toward a rim to drop a graceful, finger-roll layup through twine. Smooth. Imagine a sip of a distinguished and mature bourbon whiskey—Digits is produced and bottled by the Savage & Cooke distillery on historic Mare Island, near Vallejo, California—warming the roof of your mouth and blanketing your tongue. Just as smooth. “Digits is straight and easy on the palate, with no hard edges,” says the 55-year-old Pippen, who lives mostly in Los Angeles but has owned a home in Highland Park since 2004. He regularly sinks silky putts at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Kildeer and across a range of picturesque North Shore golf Continued on PG 10
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Scottie Pippen PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARGARET PATTILLO