Local distillery teams up with specialty sauce maker to raise money for tornado relief

Mutt's Sauce and Stillwright's distillery have teamed up to create a limited-edition bourbon sauce, the proceeds from which will go to disaster recovery from the Dayton-area Memorial Day Tornadoes.

Credit: CONTRIBUTED/RoShawn Saunders, Full Frame Vision

Credit: CONTRIBUTED/RoShawn Saunders, Full Frame Vision

Mutt's Sauce and Stillwright's distillery have teamed up to create a limited-edition bourbon sauce, the proceeds from which will go to disaster recovery from the Dayton-area Memorial Day Tornadoes.
What to Know
By Mark Fisher
June 19, 2019
X

A Dayton-area distillery has teamed up with a specialty sauce maker with local ties to create a limited-edition bourbon sauce that will benefit Miami Valley residents impacted by the Memorial Day tornadoes.

>> Insider's guide to the Dayton Air Show: 7 things to know before you go

All proceeds of the sales of Mutt’s Sauce Limited Edition Bourbon Sauce, made with Stillwrights bourbon produced by Flat Rock Spirits distillery near Fairborn, will go to Dayton-area disaster recovery, according to Charlynda Scales, CEO of Mutt’s Sauce.

>> New Panera Bread cafe in the works on 725 in Washington Twp.

The sauce is available for pre-order until July 1 on www.muttssauce.com. Discounts will be given for bulk orders.

“This is a partnership that has been discussed for years,” Scales said. “All good things come in due time. I contacted Brad Measel, co-owner of Stillwrights, with the proposal. We love this area and thought this was a great way to give back to the community.”

>> Daytonian of the Week: Charlynda Scales, founder of 'Mutt's Sauce'

Measel said he met Scales last summer at an event in Fairborn.

“I was impressed immediately by her enthusiasm. Call it energy or drive, passion, intensity, whatever, Charlynda has it like crazy,” Measel said. “Her sauces are fantastic, so when she asked if we’d be interested in a collaboration, I couldn’t pass it up. The fact that she will be using proceeds to help out the community is just outstanding.”

>> Stillwrights distillery to release two new bourbons (May 2016)

A Tennessee native, Scales spent 11 years in active duty in the U.S. Air Force, the last five of which was at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Mutt’s, an all-purpose sauce, is sold in more than 85 Kroger stores in Ohio. It is based on a family recipe that Scales’ late grandfather bequeathed to her in 2013. In 2017, Bob Evans Farms named Mutt’s Sauce a winner of the company’s “Heroes to CEOs” contest. Mutt’s Sauce and two other businesses were awarded a $25,000 business grant.

>> JUST IN: Ghostlight Coffee shop announces plans for a second location in Dayton

Measel co-owns Flat Rock Spirits, which bottles and sells its retail spirits under the Stillwrights brand and label, with his brother Shawn Measel and cousin James Bagford. The distillery hosted its grand opening in 2014  in Bath Twp. just outside Fairborn.

>> Local pizza restaurant, demolished by tornado, to rebuild on same site

For more information, contact sales@muttssauce.com.

>>Our first look (and taste) at Troy's new brewery, inside a former church

In Other News
1
Friday the 13th: What is so unlucky about it?
2
Jump start gardening by making a plan
3
Lily’s Dayton executive chef’s deviled eggs are tested by other chefs
4
Watch: Track for new roller coaster delivered to Kings Island
5
Locals who have appeared on Food Network share their experiences

About the Author

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.