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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!
There’s something about October cocktails that just hits different. 🍂🥃
Apple cider. Cinnamon. Pumpkin beer. Rye. Cold brew. Brown sugar. Toasted almond. Smoke. Basically, we took everything we love about a moody West Virginia fall and turned it into a cocktail class.
This Thursday, October 15th, we’re spending the evening shaking The Hollow, building a PumpKing Mule, and finishing things off with a smoked Midnight on Kanawha. Three cocktails, three different techniques, and plenty of little tricks to take home for your own fall cocktails.
If your ideal October evening involves good whiskey, fall flavors, and hanging out with us in the Elk City Historic District, you know where to find us. 🌙🍎
📅 Thursday, October 15, 2026
⏱️6PM - 8:30PM
📍 The Bullock Distillery | 121 Washinston St W | Elk City Historic District in Charleston, WV
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History on the Rocks, take two! 🥃📚
We’re stoked to team up with the Marshall University History Department for the second round of History on the Rocks! We’re leaving the classroom behind to spend an evening talking history over well-crafted cocktails.
Our next stop on the lecture tour features Dr. Molly Mersmann with A Grave Affair: Victorian Death Culture. It's an exploration of the ghoulish side of 19th-century death culture, followed by plenty of time for questions and conversation.
📅 October 28
⏰ 6:30–7:30 PM
📍 The Bullock Distillery
🎟️ FREE + open to the public
Cocktails and mocktails will be available for purchase — and naturally, we’re working on something special behind the bar for the occasion. 👀
Where History Meets Happy Hour.
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The sun is setting a little earlier, and evenings are finally starting to feel more like fall. You know what that means. It’s bourbon weather. 🥃🍂
Preferably in a rocks glass, preferably somewhere cozy, and preferably with nowhere else to be afterward.
We know a place. 😉
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Hey y’all! We have an exciting announcement to make. It is just a week away from the release of perhaps our most popular special release, the Tanner’s Select Single Barrel Bourbon. It will be released next Thursday, October 15th at 11:00 AM.
The 2026 edition of Tanner’s Select is a 6-year-old single barrel. Warm caramel and vanilla greet the nose, which rolls into aromas of cherry, apples, cinnamon, and toasted peanuts. The palate starts immediately with cinnamon and vanilla on top of dark, sweet cherries, followed by a rich, spicy mid-palate and finishing with tannic oak, clove, and a hint of black pepper. Oak and cacao nibs linger beautifully.
Tanner’s Select honors our co-founder Dusta M. Tanner, who is a proud eighth-generation descendant of Samuel Tanner, the first settler of Spencer, WV. The story of her family’s determination and Appalachian grit lives on in each pour of this single-barrel bourbon. Royce Tanner, who is Dusta’s sister as well as our Sales Manager and resident Cocktail Guru, both selected the barrel and designed the label. Together, the Tanner sisters have crafted yet another spirit that feels like home in a glass.
This limited edition bourbon will be $75 plus tax here at the distillery. If you want to pre-order your bottle so that you don’t miss out, you can do so here: square.link/u/LyXRjSZZ
We’ll hang on to it for you until you can pick it up.
Come celebrate and raise a glass to heritage, craftsmanship, and true West Virginia family legacy. 🥃
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Our cocktail guru Royce has dreamed up a fall-tastic cocktail menu and this may just be the best of the bunch.
Meet Me In the Woods is meant to evoke all the autumnal feelings of warmth and coziness. Hot mulled cider, a bed of colorful leaves in a pumpkin patch, a well worn flannel shirt. This cocktail takes our award winning Karst Water Select Bourbon and partners it with apple cider, our house Appalachian Espresso bitters, Peychaud’s bitters, and a wonderful wisp of cinnamon smoke to create a drink as warm and welcoming as a roaring bonfire on a crisp fall night.
You can come grab one of these delights, or any of our six unique fall cocktails, all autumn long at The Bullock Distillery. A wonderful night of drinks and memories awaits.
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Your October plans should probably include drinking a smoked cold brew cocktail with us. Just saying. 🥃
Our October Cocktail Class is happening on Thursday, October 15 at 6:00 PM and here is our cocktail lineup:
🍎 The Hollow — Jupiter Gin, apple cider & cinnamon
🎃 PumpKing Mule — MoonRocks Rye, pumpkin beer & ginger beer
🌙 Midnight on Kanawha — Piney Creek, cold brew, brown sugar vanilla & toasted almond
We’ll shake, stir, smoke, and probably make a little bit of a mess along the way. Plus, you’ll leave knowing how to make all three of these delicious fall cocktails yourself, which feels like useful information heading into the rest of October. 😉
Come spend a moody fall evening with us in the Elk City Historic District. 🍂
📍 The Bullock Distillery | Charleston, WV
📅 Thursday, October 15, 2026
⏱️6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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