Special features : Audio commentary by director Kristian Day ; "Templeton Rye: Iowa's Good Stuff" 30-minute Iowa Public Television special ; Theatrical trailer ; Original soundtrack, composed by Brad Morgan and promotional radio interviews conducted between 2011 and 2012 ; remastered audio interview with Joe Irlbeck recorded in 1975. Narrators, Barron Christian and Alissa Sheldon.
Summary:
Kristian Day's documentary film chronicles the history of the infamous whiskey cookers of Carroll County, Iowa from their outlaw days of Prohibition to when the liquor became legal in 2006. During the Prohibition Era, west central Iowa farmers cooked whiskey in their barns and machine sheds to supplement their income in the harsh times. The finished product was of such a high quality that it quickly made its way to speakeasies in Chicago, Kansas City, and Omaha through Italian gangster Al Capone. For almost 80 years the product was considered illegal until it was introduced in 2006 as a legal brand of top shelf liquor.
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