Seeking the fantastic
After years of running away to follow the circus, the Pollock family went home to start their own circus: Backwards Distilling Company.
The main attractions include Ringleader Vodka and Sword Swallower Rum, but the stars of the show are Contortionist Gin and Strongman Gin. The circus theme comes from years of family trips when the kids were growing up, when the Pollocks would go across the country from their home in Casper, Wyoming to see circuses, particularly Cirque du Soleil shows.
On their first trip to see the Cirque du Soleil show 'La Nouba,' in Orlando, Chad Pollock fell in love with the diabolo. “It’s like a spool with two sticks and a string between them… I’m seeing that for the first time. I
