Still Austin Whiskey Co. Takes Home Double Gold Medal at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
01 Mayo 2024 - 1:01PM
Business Wire
Cask Strength Rye Whiskey Earns First Double
Gold Recognition
Still Austin Whiskey Co., the first true grain-to-glass
distillery to open in Austin, Texas since the end of Prohibition,
announced today that its Cask Strength Rye Whiskey earned its first
Double Gold medal at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits
Competition (SFWSC). The Cask Strength Rye joins Still Austin’s
Straight Bourbon, Straight Rye, and Cask Strength Bourbon as a
Double Gold medal winner, officially marking all of Still Austin’s
flagship expressions with the prestigious denotation, underscoring
Still Austin’s quality and taste to whiskey lovers in Texas and
beyond.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240501618852/en/
Still Austin’s Cask Strength Rye Whiskey
wins Double Gold medal at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits
Competition (Photo: Business Wire)
“Earning a Double Gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits
Competition is a huge honor and we are proud to have our Cask
Strength Rye join the rest of our flagship expressions as a
recipient of the award,” said Chris Seals, co-founder and CEO of
Still Austin. “SFWSC’s Double Gold is one of our industry’s most
coveted honors, and signals to whiskey connoisseurs the quality and
taste we’re proud to offer from Still Austin.”
The Art of Texas Whiskey:
Still Austin makes 100% of their whiskey in-house from grain to
glass. They use only Texas-grown grains and distill all their
whiskey in Austin, where they’ve learned to harness the fluctuating
central Texas weather patterns to age their whiskey to perfection.
The result is a delicious, high-quality work of art.
The artwork on the labels, created by internationally acclaimed
artist and native Texan, Marc Burckhardt, is a series of
“archetypical” Austinites (e.g. “The Musician,” “The Artist,” “The
Naturalist”). Each provides a sense of the people who have
influenced and inspired the team, while paying homage to the Texas
terroir. The art on the Cask Strength Rye Whiskey is a rendition of
the artwork seen on 'The Artist' bottle, but now with an added dark
night sky to emphasize this is a darker, stronger version of the
original.
The Cask Strength Rye is bottled at 116 proof (58% ABV), and
offers a nose of cherry cobbler with a buttery cinnamon crust,
candied ginger and lemon peels, and apricot streusel coffee cake;
while the palate presents notes of grilled peaches with mint ice
cream, apple and marzipan dumplings, and gingerbread cookies with
lemon zest; the Cask Strength Rye offers a long, spicy finish with
baking spices in brown butter, muddled cherries, and mint
leaves.
The distilling team is led by Head Distiller, John Schrepel, who
works closely with Master Blender Nancy ‘The Nose’ Fraley to
carefully test and select their most complex barrels to bottle.
Still Austin’s 42-foot custom-made column, also lovingly nicknamed
“Nancy” after the antagonist of the film Attack of The 50 Foot
Woman, gives the team an exclusive opportunity to create unique new
flavors and spirits.
Still Austin is the fastest-growing whiskey in Texas. Still
Austin spirits are available for purchase online at
www.stillaustin.com. Still Austin spirits can also be found at
select retail stores in Texas, Louisiana, Illinois and exclusively
at Total Wine & More in 24 states. For more information, visit
www.stillaustin.com. To view 2024 San Francisco World Spirits
Competition Results, visit
https://thetastingalliance.com/sfwsc-2024-results/.
Please direct media inquiries to
stillaustin@jacktaylorpr.com.
About Still Austin Whiskey Co.
Still Austin Whiskey Co. is the first true grain-to-glass
distillery to open in Austin, Texas, since the end of Prohibition.
Still Austin’s award-winning whiskey can be purchased in more than
30 states or sipped at their tasting room and live entertainment
venue, which attracts artists, creatives, and musicians who bestow
the culture of Texas on a community of whiskey lovers. All spirits
are hand-crafted using grains grown by Texas farmers, who focus on
sustainability by cutting carbon emissions. Still Austin returns
spent grains to local ranchers to feed their animals, and operates
a distillery that is designed for energy efficiency and water
conservation.
Still Austin was founded in 2015 in the spirit of inclusivity
and supporting the creative and arts communities. Still Austin’s
distillery and tasting room is located at 440 East St. Elmo Road,
Suite F, in the heart of Austin, Texas. Still Austin’s collection
of spirits includes the flagship Straight Bourbon Whiskey (aka “The
Musician”), Cask Strength Bourbon, Straight Rye Whiskey (aka “The
Artist”), Cask Strength Rye Whiskey, and American Gin (aka “The
Naturalist”). For more information, visit www.stillaustin.com and
follow Still Austin on Facebook at Facebook.com/StillATX, Twitter
@StillATX and Instagram @StillATX.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240501618852/en/
Natalie Breneman View high-res images HERE
stillaustin@jacktaylorpr.com