Still Austin Distillery Reserve Series: Monster Mash 2025

It lives! For the 2025 edition of “Monster Mash,” the team at Still Austin returned to the lab to construct a beast from the best parts of their inventory. While most distilleries keep their mashbills separated by strict category lines, this Distillery Reserve series takes a sledgehammer to those walls. It is a “Frankenstein” blend in the best possible sense. Inside each bottle lies a mash bill of truly supernatural proportions: 28% malted white corn, 23% white corn, 28% malted wheat, 13% malted rye, and 8% malted barley.

Master Blender John Schrepel has orchestrated a chaotic harmony here. You have the creamy sweetness of the corn wrestling with the sharp, herbal bite of the rye, while the wheat fills in the gaps with a soft, bready texture. It represents the full spectrum of the Texas grain harvest, concentrated by the brutal heat of the Austin rickhouse.

Bottled at a sturdy 112 proof, this isn’t a novelty act for Halloween; it is a serious study in grain complexity wrapped in Knox Kronenbergs iconic creature art. You are tasting the sum of Still Austins ambitions. If you want to know what happens when you throw out the rulebook and just chase flavor, crack the seal.