Iowa Legendary Rye

Using a 1931 Prohibition-era recipe handed down from generation-to-generation, Iowa Legendary Rye is truly legendary. Small batch distilled in Prohibition-era replica 26 gallon stills and aged in 15 gallon barrels, Iowa Legendary Rye is handmade, hand bottled and hand labeled in Carroll County, Iowa. Iowa Legendary Rye only uses ingredients from Carroll and Crawford counties. Even our patented stills were made down the road.

It is 1931 in Templeton, Iowa. Desperation abounds during the Great Depression. A mother on a farm in Templeton, Iowa does what she can to survive. Prohibition is in full force. She begins using her baking skills to craft rye. Due to the quality and reputation of rye made in Templeton, it becomes a nationally-renowned product. That lady is named Lorine Sextro. She was never caught and nearly took her family secret to her grave. Today, her grandson Heath Schneider is continuing that legacy making Iowa Legendary Rye the good old fashioned way.