Sally Skull

Bourbon Barrel Aged Wee Heavy - American Outlaws Series

Barrel: Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 13 months (Green River)

Ingredients: Water. Barley malt: Pale, Roasted Barley, Crystal T50. Humle: Summit, East Kent Goldings. Gær: Nottingham

Life in the Old West was a tough life, and people did what they had to do in order to survive. Some took things a step farther. One of those was Sally Skull. Over her lifetime Sally developed a reputation of being a female desperado. There are claims that she killed 30 men, including at least one of her husbands. She was also known as a horse and cattle thief – however, she was never arrested and never spent time in any jail.
Born Sarah Jane Newman in Pennsylvania in 1817. Her family moved to Texas in 1823 to become part of a group of colonists. Sally married Jesse Robinson, a veteran of the first Texas Ranger Company when she was 16 years old. Jesse was twice her age and worked as a militia man. The marriage was a shaky one, and after 10 years, Jesse filed for divorce. Sally did not get custody of her children, a son and a daughter – however, she had a reputation as a fierce and loving mother. Two weeks after her divorce, Sally married a gunsmith named George Scull. He died in 1849, allegedly by Sally’s hand. Although Sally married three more times before her death, she kept the name Scull, which was often spelled Skull - perhaps for effect. Rumor has it that her name was used to scare children of the day – “Behave or Sally Skull will get yo Show Less