Otto Distilling

Bio

Meet Tim! Tim’s been living in Philadelphia for close to a decade, though he  grew up not too far away in Wayne, PA. Tim went to Franklin & Marshall College and after graduating, decided to move to Spain for two years to teach English. While he was there he  made friends with a local who brewed his own beer and owned a bar. “The wheels began turning in my head and I knew I wanted to open my own business one day.”

Origin Story

When Tim got back from his time in Spain he got a job in finance. “I would come home after work and spend my free time making beer and honeymead. At a friend’s suggestion, I decided to buy a small pot still and give distilling a try. Immediately, I fell in love with the art and science behind it, and the business wheels in my head kept turning.” 

A year into his finance job he took a trip to Cuba and noticed the locals sipping on aged rum neat, something he had no idea people did with rum. “I became obsessed with rum and dove down the rum rabbit hole, discovering how complex, nuanced, and versatile it really is. After some market research, I learned that rum was fairly underrepresented in the microdistilling landscape and so began writing a business plan to open a microdistillery. A few years later, I set up shop in wonderful South Philly!”