We’ve actually now gotten close to the whole line for the local Bully Boy, and based on the past with both vodka, and white whiskey it’s time for a conclusion and a confession. They simply suck at making anything, and unless they give some time in a cask – don’t buy Bully Boy.
Depth and a remarkably smooth finish are some of the words that the next paragraph will contain. Before you carry onto that though let’s lay things out as we said – in a confession. Horse shit. The depth here is the hole you dug yourself drinking this, and the remark about the smoothness is not a kind one.
What they Say: “Bully Boy Distillers is proud to carry on Boston’s tradition of small-batch distilling with our signature white rum. Continuing Boston’s legacy as the center of the rum production, our white rum is made with blackstrap molasses. Using traditional distilling techniques, we use a blend of ‘cuts’ to create a white rum that has both depth and a remarkably smooth finish. As with all our spirits, our white rum is made in small, numbered batches. Thank you for choosing Bully Boy.”
Taste: 4.0 – It sort of tastes like a white rum at the start yet somehow a bit like a Blanco tequila? Not stellar folks.
Aftertaste: 1.0 – This tastes like the first time you tried tequila. It’s bad you shake your head and make an ugh sound, and there might be agave? This is being said by someone who’s reviewed on this site near 300 spirits, and more beyond – it’s foul. Bleh.
Burn/Smooth: 3.0 – While it does not actually ‘Burn’ there is no person alive who drinks this and says oh yes that’s as smooth as a spring breeze.
Aroma: 5.0 – That is clearly – rum. Not a delicious smelling rum. Not a – oh boy this gonna be bad rum. Just rum.
Honesty: 4.0 – This tastes like the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 which if you know anything about the history or enjoy Wiki’ing things – is not praise. Add that to Bully’s typical flair and sorry, but not sorry – done with your bullshit.
Mixability: 4.0
Rum and Coke: 4.0 – It sort of ‘Pepsi-fies’ the coke making it less carbonated and sweeter, and TBH – not good people.
Value: 2.0 – NopeNopeNope – NA – OHP. Here at HBR, we buy things at random – and this is the reason why – so you don’t have too. We recommend under no condition to spend 28 of your hard earned American dollars on this shit.
Google Shop Average: $28
Website: http://www.bullyboydistillers.com/
Reviewer Scores:
BuffaloJern: 2.5
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Metric Score: 23/70 |+| Metric Average: 3.29 |+| Reviewer Average: 2.5
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Final Thoughts: It is awful, it barely makes a good coke, and is the final nail in the coffin for the persona Bully Boy has tried to adapt at being the small batch distilling Ferrari of the spirits world. Go back to the drawing board friends or just make sure you age things. Clearly, you’re doing this now to ramp up production for that ageing process to occur, but it’s not looking good.
