Fine Appalachian Craft Spirits
Fine Distilled Spirits
It’s a family tradition.
With American family roots dating back to 1630, we have a long tradition of distilling in our blood.
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, Charleston, West Virginia.
Dusta and the Tanner family have a long history of making moonshine in Roane County, West Virginia.
The Bullock family has produced spirits in Robeson County, North Carolina since before the American Revolution.
Both families are proud of their distilling traditions.
Learn More About Our Family Distillery Roots
Our Special Ingredient?
Water.
Where does The Bullock Distillery draw its water from?
Bullock’s Cave, Falling Spring Mountain, Greenbrier County, West Virginia!
Falling Spring Mountain is truly a geologic phenomena, acting as a buffer zone for the hydrologic gradient of the Karst water system of the Greenbrier Valley. Our system in Greenbrier Valley drains deep groundwater from the base of Droop Mountain and Falling Spring Mountain.
Unlike other distilleries, The Bullock Distillery does not use reverse osmosis or carbon filtration to treat our water.
Why? Because our limestone water lacks the heavy elements present in the water of most distilleries. And it strips the natural sweet flavors of pure Karst limestone water!
Bacteria and viruses are taken care of during the fermentation and distillation processes. This ensures that only the mountain’s natural limestone filtration system touches our water.
Arborfield Farm from the Air
Meet the Team
Meet the members of our amazing team. Learn more about their histories and what makes them love Bullock Distilling!
🍂 OCTOBER COCKTAIL CLASS MENU DROP 🍂
Okay, this might be one of my favorite class menus we’ve put together.
We wanted the October class to feel like October in West Virginia. It’s full of apple cider, pumpkin beer, baking spices, cold brew, a little smoke, and cocktails that get progressively darker and moodier as we go. Basically, if Appalachian fall was a cocktail class, this would be it.
Here’s what we’re making:
🍎 The Hollow
White Dog Moonshine • Cinnamon Moonshine • Apple Cider • Lemon • Cinnamon
🎃 PumpKing Mule
Moon Rocks Rye Whiskey • House-Made Pumpkin Beer Syrup • Lime • Ginger Beer
🌙 Midnight on Kanawha
Piney Creek • Brown Sugar Vanilla • Cold Brew • Toasted Almond Bitters • Orleans Bitters • Smoke
Join us Thursday, October 15 and we’ll make all three from start to finish, talk through why they work, and show you the techniques you can steal for your own cocktails at home.
Come drink something moody with us. 🍂🥃
📍 The Bullock Distillery | the Elk City Historic District in Charleston, WV
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OKTOBERWEST COCKTAIL MENU DROP 🍻🥃
Y’all didn’t think we were going to let OktoberWest roll through the Elk City Historic District without getting a little weird behind the bar, did you?
We took local beer, turned it into syrup, added Bullock spirits, and somehow ended up with six cocktails built specifically for OktoberWest.
🍒 Cherry Beer Garden
White Dog Moonshine, Charleston Nano Brewery’s “Cherry Surprise Sour” Syrup, & Lime Juice
🍺 Porch Kolsch
Karst Water Select Bourbon, FIFE Street Brewing’s “Straight Kolsch, Homie!” Syrup & Lemon Juice
☀️ Shandy Business
LeBlanc Vodka, URSUS Brew Works’ “Natural Blonde” Syrup, Lemon Juice & Soda Water
🌾 Sage Against The Machine
Piney Creek Bourbon, URSUS Brew Works’ “Ich Nehme Ein Bier” Syrup, Lemon Juice, Sage, Mint Bitters & Soda Water
🔥 Campfire Marzen
Karst Water Select Bourbon, Bad Shepherd’s “ProstFest” Syrup, Apple Cider, Peychaud’s Bitters & a Cinnamon Stick
🥃 FIFE Club
Moon Rocks Rye Whiskey, FIFE Street Brewing’s “FIFE The Power” Syrup, Cocoa Bitters & Orange Bitters
We’ll see y’all in the Tasting Room. 🍻
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Consider this your permission slip to have absolutely no plans today. 🍂🥃
Grab a spot in the lounge, order something good and stay awhile. We’ve got fall cocktails behind the bar, bourbon ready to pour, spirit flights if you can’t make up your mind, and a cozy little corner of the Elk City Historic District waiting for you.
Bring yourself, a friend, maybe bring the whole crew. Or bring a book and come hide from everybody for a couple hours. We support that too.
It’s Saturday. Get cozy with us. 🖤
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We’ve been hard at work in the back of house and recently bottled our newest barrel of Piney Creek Bourbon! 🌲
If you haven’t tried this wonderful bourbon before, it is one of two spirits in our Clear Water Series along with the Moonrocks Rye. These two bottles are produced in partnership with the West Virginia Land Trust and proceeds from the sale of each bottle go towards maintaining nature trails connected to Piney Creek in Greenbrier County and the Moonrocks trails in the Canaan Valley, respectively. Our newest batch is a single barrel 6 year bourbon that’s everything you love about West Virginia.
Once you get into the bottle you’ll find that this expression is where the 21% Rye in our bourbon mashbill sings. Scents of cherry, anise, and dusty peanuts lead into a sip that hits with caramel and pine into a wonderful peppery finish. It’s a bourbon that, while not on purpose, perfectly suits the Piney Creek moniker.
Come get your bottle today and enjoy a sip before this one of a kind single barrel release is gone and we have to bottle the next one. 🥃
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The October cocktail class is coming up, and we’re going a little darker this month. 🍂🌙
Think apple cider and cinnamon. Pumpkin beer and rye. Cold brew, brown sugar, toasted almond, and plenty of smoke.
Our October Cocktail Class is happening Thursday, October 15, and we’ve put together three cocktails that feel like October in West Virginia - moody, cozy, a little spooky, and exactly what we want to be drinking when the sun starts setting a little earlier.
We’ll be dropping the full menu soon. 👀
📅 Thursday, October 15, 2026
📍 The Bullock Distillery | 121 Charleston, WV
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Y’all really thought we were going to host something called History on the Rocks and NOT make a cocktail for it? 🚂
Meet The Whistle Stop. It’s our special pour for the very first History on the Rocks, a Mint Julep-inspired highball with bourbon, mint, black walnut, and soda. It’s cool, refreshing, and just a little Appalachian.
And for our friends skipping the bourbon, we made y’all something too! Meet The Local. It’s got apple, mint, lemon, and soda for a refreshing sip that’s zero-proof, but still absolutely delicious.🚃
We’ll be pouring both of these splendid drinks on September 30 when Dr. Ben Kletzer joins us for Whistle Stops & West Virginia History, the first installment of our new History on the Rocks lecture series with the Marshall University History Department.
History at 6:30. Drinks whenever you get here. 🥃
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