Bully Boy The Old Fashioned

About Bully Boy

Bully Boy Distillers was created by brothers Dave and Will Willis, who grew up on the Charlescote farm. While they gained some experience making cider and hard cider at a young age, they were drawn to distilling brandy. It wasn’t until they cracked open the farm’s vault ― a basement where their grandfather kept a collection of (pre) Prohibition-era spirits ― that they found their true calling along with the name for their budding distilling operation.

Right there in the vault was a photograph of Bully Boy, a draft horse that worked on the farm in the early 1900s. The brothers discovered that their great-grandfather was close friends with Teddy Roosevelt, whose famous expression “Bully!” made its way into the horse’s name.

Their process involves 2 stills, a 150-gallon Kothe that they use for gins and a 750-gallon Christian Carl for everything else. They meticulously test each batch, making sure that the spirits are up to standard. They have a wide range of products ranging from vodka, rum, and gin, to amaro, whiskey, and mixed drinks.