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SEXTRO RYE

THE LEGEND

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 Sextro Rye the good old fashioned way.   

Original. Authentic. This is Sextro Rye. 

100 YEARS

Using a 1931 Prohibition-era recipe handed down from generation-to-generation, Sextro Rye is truly legendary.

HAND CRAFTED

Small batch distilled in Prohibition-era replica 26 gallon stills and aged in 15 gallon barrels, Sextro Rye is handmade, hand bottled and hand labeled in Carroll County, Iowa.

LOCAL

Sextro Rye only uses ingredients from Carroll and Crawford counties. Even our patented stills were made down the road.

WHITE RYE

Born on a small farm in Iowa during the Prohibition era of the early 1930s, this White Rye's award winning recipe was originally crafted by grandmother and clandestine bootlegger, Lorine Sextro.

AGED RYE

Aged 18 months in 15 gallon New American Oak barrels, our nationally acclaimed Aged Rye is made using a historically accurate 1931 recipe.

PRIVATE RESERVE

Our Private Reserve is distilled using a 100% rye grain Prohibition-era bootlegger's recipe. It is aged in two used oak barrels for at least 18 months. It has won more awards than we can name.

AWARD WINNING RYE

2017 Cigar & Spirits

White Rye

2017 Cigar & Spirits

Aged Rye

2019 Proof Awards | Gold

Aged Rye, Private Reserve, Patriot, Vodka

2019 USA Spirits | Gold

White Rye

2019 San Francisco World Spirits | Silver

Patriot

2019 Denver International Spirits Competition | Silver

Patriot

2018 TheFiftyBest.com | Gold

Aged Rye

2018 Denver International Spirits Competition | Gold

White Rye, Aged Rye

2018 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition | Gold and Best of Category

White Rye

REVIEWS

The close ties and continued contact with original moonshining families gives [this rye] a connection to tradition and history that many can only claim to be inspired by.

Of all the stories we've heard, Sextro Rye has one of the best. A sip from this bootlegging grandma 1930s Prohibition-era recipe whisks us back to a simpler time when ingredients were local and whiskey was crafted by hand.

[This] White Rye is a very easy sipping rye that is lightly sweet. I’m not a consumer of White Dog generally. However, this is the very best that I’ve tried.