The Bullock Distillery was organized in 2017 by Dusta Tanner, John Bullock and Tighe Bullock when the trio remodeled the historic building at 121 Washington Street, West, in Charleston.
The distillery opened its doors in 2021 and produces a variety of spirits: bourbon, gin, moonshine, vodka and more.
They have been offering cocktail making classes in their space for a while now, but I just recently was able to attend my first one with Erin.
We started with a little tour of the facility and learned some background about the distillery. Like: The Bullock Distillery draws its water from Bullock's Cave on Falling Spring Mountain in Greenbrier County.
Then, we learned some of the basic barware that we would be using - the jigger, the strainer, the Boston shaker, etc. I learned you're always supposed to keep the back of the spoon against the back of the jar when stirring.
Finally, we started on our first of three cocktails for the evening. It was the "Johnny Jump Up" and featured gin, blackberry sage simple syrup, lemon juice and lavender bitters.
The second wasn't the "Honey Fire Smash," but we didn't have an alternate title, so it featured vodka, honey lavender syrup, lemon juice and lavender bitters.
Our finaly was "Forsynthias," which featured bourbon, banana bread simple syrup and black walnut bitters (plus a toasted walnut!).
Each class has different cocktails -- I'd love to make a collection of them all!
