Still Austin Bottled In Bond Aged 6 Years Straight Bourbon Whiskey

[@michaelmccall2228]

The two of you are great together adding another enjoyment to your entertaining and informative channel postings.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Thanks. I/we appreciate the feedback. We get off on tangents, but it's fun. Cheers!

[@tommysimpsonandtheloadeddice]

Love this channel and its simple straightforward approach. A genuine display of someone's whisky journey. It helps you have a good nose/palate and description skills. Cheers!

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate the feedback. Cheers!

[@FiveStarMan5]

I am a huge fan of all Still Austin products because they are exactly what you two discussed: interesting. With so many distilleries out there that aren't always separating themselves much from each other, I appreciate that I immediately know I am drinking a Still Austin product. their products become a fun discussion with friends I share with. Cheers!

[@whiskeyisajourney]

This one certainly is interesting. I'm going to come back to it in a few months and see if it changes. The people you share it with is all part of the experience. Cheers!

[@lyacoubian]

I love the way you guys bounce opinions off of each other. Besides the ABV, the Longer maturation of the Eagle Rare might also account for the ethanol being better integrated into the whiskey. I have a bottle of the Summer '23 Red Corn BiB bottling. Burnt orange peel, tons of apple and caramel on the palate. It is thick, smooth and sweet. Same saturated flavors you refer to.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

When my sister is on i think it's more conversation based than review based. This release was not as thick or viscous, but the saturated flavors were off the chart. Cheers!

[@stillatx]

Love the video y'all. You need to try our 5 year Blue Corn Bottled in Bond, to satisfy your sweet tooth! Cheers.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

When you make good stuff it's easy to make good videos. If I can get the Blue Corn in my area I'll give it a try. Not sure if I've ever seen it. Cheers!

[@mary-bridgetfasciano9970]

Looking forward to trying it! Thanks for the suggestion!! 😊

[@mary-bridgetfasciano9970]

Awwww! We don’t get it. How about you send us a sample and we can do a review on the channel. What do ya think? 🤔 😊

[@mattfalk8493]

Thanks

[@whiskeyisajourney]

One more for November. You are up to 4 total entries.

[@tommysimpsonandtheloadeddice]

You absolutely must get a bottle of Balcones Cataleja. !!!

[@whiskeyisajourney]

You are not the first to say that. I will see if I can get my hands on one.

[@MaryS-go8dl]

Love the conversation and the review

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Thanks. It's fun when I have her on the channel.

[@samuelcast1]

Rye cask strength, and the bottle and bond bourbon thanks for the shout out !!! enjoy seeing the both of you. Hope you’re doing well.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Doing well. She enjoyed the rye we had at the competition. Thanks for the opportunity to taste it. Cheers!

[@timklinger9493]

Thanks!

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Thank you Tim. I have you down for 2 in November. Best of luck.

[@cfhpantera160]

😂when u said 90 proof and she wasn’t listening to u got me laughing my a s s off. Another good video. 😂

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Thanks. She was calculating and going through her process of doing her math her way. I wasn't surprised she didn't hear me.

[@mary-bridgetfasciano9970]

I don’t listen to him most of the time. It’s unfortunate because he has a ton of interesting useless information to share!! 😂

[@rc121crx]

Wish y'all were my neighbors or even family

[@whiskeyisajourney]

That's nice of you to say. Cheers!

[@Aphabet21]

I have and love still Austin’s cask strength bourbon and rye.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

I have the CS as well and like it. I think they are doing good stuff over there. Cheers!

[@rubyd5681]

Love Still Austin. I have the Muscian (burbon) and the Artist (rye). I also have the CS but all I get is cinnamon & spice from it. Water helps but I'd rather have the Muscian.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

I had the cask strength the other night and I'm with you on the cinnamon and spice notes. That's pretty much all I got. It was good but not very complex. The cinnamon was the dominant note for me.

[@TJO1913]

Peter, wishing you and your family a happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully you'll have a nice 'wild turkey' on Thursday.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well! Cheers! Love the wild turkey reference.

[@b1gsteve251]

This is right in my wheelhouse. Rich, funky, complex, viscous, with just a little sweetness. I can’t do the Buffalo Trace low rye #1 mashbill like Eagle Rare and EH Taylor. They’re cloyingly sweet to me. The SFTB and wheaters are where it’s at. Cheers, y’all 🥃

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Cheers!

[@CGsYTChannel]

Wait! Mary isn't perfect! Damn, those weird idiosyncrasies lol. Oh and then live math too. What an episode, wait was there a whiskey in this episode?!? I haven't had too many Still Austin bottles. Only the regular bourbon CS and a couple store picks.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

We went off the rails a lot. I cut 20min off the original video to cut it down to what you saw.

[@mary-bridgetfasciano9970]

😂😂😂😂

[@andrettski8686]

Oregon finally got the Still Austin 'The Musician' 98.4 $50 haven't seen one yet. Would love to try the cask strength version. $80 for this BiB is a bit steep for my budget but thanks for reviewing. And yes I do prefer 8-12 minute videos, lol.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

We certainly get to talking and videos run long. The Cask Strength is a good bottle. If you get a chance to try it I'd recommend you do so.

[@paulm749]

It's interesting that you compare this whiskey to Clynelish and Craigellachie single malts as those are two of my favorite Scotch whiskies. I have not tried this BiB bottling, but I do enjoy the rest of Still Austin's standard line-up, with their Cask Strength bourbon being my favorite. I think they should find a big, deep cave somewhere in the Texas Hill Country where the temperatures are less extreme and they can age their whiskey in a more gradual manner, as I think the quality of their spirit deserves careful aging.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

I really enjoy Clynelish and Craigellachie as well. In fact Craigellachie 13 was my runner up Scotch of the year this year. Video comes out tomorrow.

[@paulm749]

@@whiskeyisajourney I'll be watching!

[@tonylastname6468]

Complex bourbons buck the trend of bourbons being the Nickleback of whisky. Reminds me of Old Elk. Yes.. I did intend that play on words. And yes I'm still here.

[@tonylastname6468]

.. I also have a couple Eagle Rare.... in Canada? What?!

[@whiskeyisajourney]

I like/liked Old Elk. Got burnt out buying too many too quickly. Drank them over a short period of time and have not drank then since.

[@tonylastname6468]

@whiskeyisajourney too much of a good thing, eh? But the real question, did you like my elk buck pun?

[@whiskeyisajourney]

@tonylastname6468 Did you really need to ask? Of course I did. 😜

[@Aphabet21]

4:13 to be a straight bourbon, it has to be aged 4 years or longer. That’s why their other offerings aren’t straight Texas bourbon I believe. I could be wrong or missing something, obvious no additives and all the other requirements for bourbon. But yeah, I think that’s what’s up.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

That sounds right to me. Thanks for sharing.

[@JerAnth1]

This same 5 year old release was on of my favourites! I believe the 5 year old had "High Rye Bourbon" on the label. I'm not seeing it on this one, but by your taste description, sounds like it is still a high rye.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

High rye would be my guess as well. Cheers!

[@b1gsteve251]

It is high rye, 25%, and is on the back label.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

@b1gsteve251 that just goes to show you how unprepared I was for this video. My sister wanted to shoot this video so I said okay.

[@mattfalk8493]

Be looking for any Still Austin releases here in Melbourne Can't find it anywhere and really want to check this off my list.... Good news is our friend just got her USA Visa approved and is moving to Texas so fingers crossed I'll be getting some good Bourbon sent back... Cheers Peter 🥃🥃🥃

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Moving to Texas! What is she going to be doing there?

[@mattfalk8493]

@whiskeyisajourney she works in the Crafty Beer industry for a large company I want to say CryaMalt or something but I'm not to sure it's something like buying selling Hops and Malts etc Marketing for Crafty Beers

[@graveshotx]

A problem I have with Still Austin is a lack of consistency. I have 2 single barrel Still Austin picks that are great, but the batched Cask Strength they released to the Maryland market was awful. I've tasted their red corn and blue corn Bottled-in-bonds and they were ok, but were mixed bags. I want to be a fan, but hard to gamble on a brand.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Inconsistency would ruin it for me as well. I don't blame you. Cheers!

[@BigShay1977]

I don't know if I had a bad bottle, but the SA Cask Strength I had tasted like you were drinking really good whiskey out of an ashtray.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Yikes! That doesn't sound good at all. I didn't notice, but does SA use natural cork?

[@BigShay1977]

@whiskeyisajourney I didn't check either and my bottle is long gone now. Very possible that was the issue. I hear Texas whiskey is generally smokey, but it was just way too much...and no one else mentions it. Oddly enough you couldn't tell on the nose, it was only a palate thing.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

@BigShay1977 interesting. When I get home today I'm going to check and give it a taste. I'll check back in later.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

It has a synthetic cork and tastes fine. I get a ton of cinnamon and a little vanilla. I wonder if you got a bad bottle, but not sure what would have done that if the cork is synthetic.

[@BigShay1977]

Thanks so much for checking that! I'll see about getting a pour at a bar before buying again.

[@durzagon88]

I love still austin but disliked this alot. This was very different from everything else I have tried and I have been to the distillery. The cask strength, blue corn, red corn, and rye bib are all excellent. I did not care for their blue corn malted limited edition.

[@whiskeyisajourney]

Good to know. Tasting the CS after having this I can see what you mean about it being very different. Cheers!