Still Austin Whiskey Co.

Still Austin Whiskey Co. is the South Austin craft American whiskey operation that's grown from a 2015 founding into one of the most editorially respected modern Texas whiskey producers. Founded by Chris Seals (CEO), Mike Hinkley, and the broader Hinkley family along with master distiller Nancy Fraley (one of the most respected blending consultants in modern American craft spirits, who has consulted for many of the most-decorated craft American whiskey brands of the past decade), Still Austin operates from a purpose-built distillery and visitor experience at 440 East Saint Elmo Road in South Austin's emerging Saint Elmo arts-and-craft district, walking distance from Texas Highway 1 and the broader South Austin restaurant scene.

The technical orientation that defines Still Austin is the brand's "grain-to-glass" production model — sourcing 100% Texas-grown grain (corn from the Texas High Plains, rye from Texas farms, malted barley from Texas-based malting operations), then handling every step of the production pipeline on the Saint Elmo Road facility. Fraley's involvement gives the brand serious blending expertise that's unusual for a craft producer this young, and the resulting whiskey product range has earned competition recognition across multiple international spirits competitions through the late 2010s and early 2020s that's positioned Still Austin alongside Garrison Brothers as one of the top tier of modern Texas craft whiskey producers.

The product range covers Still Austin The Musician Straight Bourbon (the flagship — named for the Austin music heritage, distilled from the Texas-sourced four-grain mash bill, the brand's most-distributed product), Still Austin Cask Strength Bourbon, Still Austin Bottled in Bond, Still Austin Red Corn Bourbon (using heirloom red corn variety), Still Austin Single Barrel Bourbon, Still Austin Straight Rye Whiskey, Still Austin Cask Strength Rye, Still Austin Gin (a juniper-forward Texas botanical gin), and a rotating range of seasonal cask-finish bottlings including the Solera-aged Texas Bourbon program.

The Saint Elmo Road visitor experience is one of the most architecturally polished craft-distillery stops in Texas. The on-site cocktail bar runs an active program treating the Still Austin range as the working palette for serious mixology, the production floor tours show the working stills and the small on-site rickhouse, and the event-space programming hosts regular Austin music industry programming, distillery dinners, and private rentals. The South Austin location puts Still Austin in the broader South Congress and Saint Elmo neighborhood craft-food-and-beverage cluster, making it the natural Austin-area pairing for Tito's (Mockingbird Distillery, also Austin) and the broader Hill Country distillery circuit anchored by Garrison Brothers.