Still Austin Night Last Night

We had a Still Austin night last night. They are my favorite distillery but oddly enough I’ve never bought their base Musician or Artist bottles. The 2 in here are the first 2 bottles my brother bought. The rest are mine. I also own the white corn BiB but it’s currently in another state. I should be getting it soon though.

We started with the Base models. The Musician is very solid for how young it is. The Artist the youthfulness comes out even more. There’s some other ryes that I would buy over it for around the same price.

Then we moved up to the BiB stuff. This is my second bottle of blue corn and first of the red corn 6 year but I’ve gone through a 5yr red corn before. I still haven’t found a 2025 Rye yet. All 3 are amazing. The Blue corn is very well balanced. Even with a lower rye mashbill I get more spiciness on the finish of the red corn than the blue corn. The rye pretty much loses all other youthfulness that the artist has.

Next we did the DRS Rye. It’s the latest release. It’s 100% rye aged for 3 years then finished in used Blue corn barrels for 6 months. This was the best of the night to this point. The blue corn adds some sweetness to the rye but it’s still very much a rye. So good.

Then we did the CS bourbon and the July 2025 Nancy’s pick Bourbon. The CS bourbon is my daily sipper. It’s so good. It’s crazy how much flavor Still Austin can get in a whiskey this young. But then the Nancy’s pick. This is another level. You don’t notice any youthfulness in the regular CS but this absolutely has none. It’s a 7yr old. Which would be similar to a 15+ yr old from Kentucky. And I’d put this bottle up against an 15 or younger Kentucky bottle. It’s so good.

Then we did CS Rye and Nancy’s Pick Rye (also 2025). Again both great but the Nancy’s pick just takes it a few levels higher. This was my friend’s favorite of the night.

Last we finished with Tanager. It’s a lower proof than the CS stuff but it’s still packed with flavor. It has a much more oily mouthfeel than the CS bottles do. Absolutely no burn, just flavor that lingers. I’ll be trying to get a bottle of this every year.