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The Story of Templeton Rye
When Prohibition outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in 1920, many enterprising residents of a small town in Iowa chose to become outlaws – producing a high caliber and much sought-after whiskey known as Templeton Rye.
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The Production Process
 Strictly following the original Prohibition Era recipe, our master distillers use only the best grains. While the process has changed some in the past 80 years, the unyielding attention to detail hasn’t budged.
Replacing the converted copper wash tub used by the original distillers with a 300 gallon copper pot still, today’s whiskey makers no longer have to add and remove logs from the fire to regulate heat properly.
Aged in charred new oak barrels, Templeton Rye provides a smooth finish and a clean getaway.
More Tales from Templeton
The period of national Prohibition, beginning in 1920, was a stormy chapter in Iowa’s liquor history. These are just a few of the tales told by bootleggers that we’ve discovered spread across the Web.
 A few young men made their money by running Templeton Rye into Chicago.
http://www.farmresort.com/historyofthevalley.htm
The Heater family made a living during the Depression by hosting wild barn parties.
http://www.farmresort.com/dancebarn.htm
The speakeasies of the era inspire “Murder at the Penthouse” – an audience participation theatre event that recalls a time when sophisticated ladies played cut-throat bridge while sipping Templeton Rye.
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