Templeton Rye is a Fake

[mramseyISU]

Here is another secret.... It's not the real recipe from the prohibition era... Crazy huh.....

That part I didn't know. Then again I've only bought 1 bottle so I'm not what you'd call a whiskey connoisseur

 

[BoxsterCy]

People adopt the "local is better" stance waaaay too easily. Not too long ago, just about every city had its own bakery, brewery, cobbler, tailor, furniture maker, and so on. There was a lot of redundancy and inefficiency, and we spent a much higher share of our incomes on basic consumer products like food and clothing.

Fast forward a few years, and technology and a vastly improved transportation infrastructure has enabled mass-production to capitalize on economies of scale, comparative advantage, better site locations, and so on. The result is more competition and vastly cheaper products.

Hate on it all you want, but it's the very thing that's enabled you to have a higher standard of living than your grandparents.

Quick peruse here at my place gets me this:

German cars
Italian bicycle
USA bike shorts
Taiwanese bike glasses
Vietnamese bike gloves
USA guns
Italian ammo
Norwegian furniture
Japanese electronics
Thailand computer hard drive
Scotch whisky
American beer
French wines
Norwegian cheese
Costa Rican bananas
Turkish dried apricots
Belgian cookies
USA California almonds
Columbian coffee
German coffeemaker
USA magnifying glass
USA pots and pans
Chinese reading glasses
Japanese coffee cup
Japanese coffee themos
Honduran ISU t-shirt
Chinese Nautica polo
Indonesian Nike ISU polo
Thailand ISU flag
Bangladesh Yankee cap
Unknown origin Sears lawnmower

And last, but not least, a very small stack of USA Poplar Drive firewood from my own redbud and crabapple trees.

 

[iacyguy]

I met a few of the people that make the REAL prohibition era templeton stuff at an Iowa football game a few years back. Tasted quite strong. But im not a whiskey guy

 

[notengonacho1]

Templeton is $45/bottle down here. I've never even considered buying it, especially since Bulleit is 1000 times better.

How can it be 1000 times better when it's the same whiskey?

 

[RotatingColumn]

So you won't be buying one of these I take it.

 

[roundball]

Quick peruse here at my place gets me this:

German cars
Italian bicycle
USA bike shorts
Taiwanese bike glasses
Vietnamese bike gloves
USA guns
Italian ammo
Norwegian furniture
Japanese electronics
Thailand computer hard drive
Scotch whisky
American beer
French wines
Norwegian cheese
Costa Rican bananas
Turkish dried apricots
Belgian cookies
USA California almonds
Columbian coffee
German coffeemaker
USA magnifying glass
USA pots and pans
Chinese reading glasses
Japanese coffee cup
Japanese coffee themos
Honduran ISU t-shirt
Chinese Nautica polo
Indonesian Nike ISU polo
Thailand ISU flag
Bangladesh Yankee cap
Unknown origin Sears lawnmower

And last, but not least, a very small stack of USA Poplar Drive firewood from my own redbud and crabapple trees.

Sounds like you're gearing up for one hell of a party...

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I would say Templeton Rye is false advertising the brand. They lead you to believe it's home grown in Iowa and they can only make so much of it. They say it's Capones Recipe and it's all nonsense after reading the article. I would say it's pretty dang good though.

The only time a case of false advertising is ever true is if a product says specifically it will do something but doesn't (which is why diet pills, hair growth shampoo etc. say may not work for everyone). TR doesn't do that. It doesn't state their whiskey will make you more sexy or something (though that happens for me.)

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

How can it be 1000 times better when it's the same whiskey?

The bottling process might change the taste palette. Some places buy whiskey from Indiana and then age it locally in different barrels.

Most of it is marketing, though.

 

[GWad]

Here's one for you - Certified angus beef = Cattle eligible for certification in Angus influence beef programs based on phenotype (appearance) must be predominately (51 percent) solid black. That's right more than half black.

 

[Farnsworth]

On the real stuff front I've heard both it's incredibly smooth to extremely strong.

Both are true, it depends on the batch. I guess that's the joy of getting the real stuff. I usually have a bottle or two on hand, but the prices have been increasing for them lately.

 

[bawbie]

Cedar Ridge is on the list from Indiana.

I was pretty sure that wasn't the case. Where are you seeing that?

This link would seem to confirm you are incorrect:

http://www.sevengrandwhiskeyblog.com/144/#.U9vqHLHb4-0

 

[bawbie]

Templeton is $45/bottle down here. I've never even considered buying it, especially since Bulleit is 1000 times better.

Funny. Bulleit and Templeton are distilled at the same place from the same mash ball.

 

[00clone]

I was pretty sure that wasn't the case. Where are you seeing that?

This link would seem to confirm you are incorrect:

http://www.sevengrandwhiskeyblog.com/144/#.U9vqHLHb4-0

Also confirms that there never was any booze made at the TR facility:

History – Cedar Ridge began producing whiskey in 2008, just after recovering from the major flooding event that wiped out a lot of the equipment and inventory. Production we slow at first as there was nowhere to store the barrels. First batch of Iowa Bourbon released in July of 2010, and the first Single Malts in 2013. Whiskey production went into overdrive in late 2009 after relocation to Swisher. Bourbon sales then jumped in 2011 as the inventory began to mature. Single Malt is still on a 12 barrel per year release schedule until next year, when the first Single Malts made in the new facility become ready for sale. whiskey output will double again with the construction of the new still house this summer.
Interesting facts – The first licensed distillery in the state since prohibition, and also the first Bourbon made in Iowa since the repeal of the 18th amendment.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Both Templeton and Cedar Ridge offer distillery tours. I'd guess that the very small quantities that are produced in Iowa are sold directly from the distillery, and anything you find in a grocery store or liquor store came from the larger batch process in Indiana. I think Iowa changed the law a few years ago to allow distillers to sell directly to the general public - you might have to visit the distillery (or have a connection as others mentioned) to get the "good stuff" from their gift shops or tasting rooms.

 

[3TrueFans]

[video=youtube;jNGZo5gn_tc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGZo5gn_tc[/video]

 

[00clone]

Both Templeton and Cedar Ridge offer distillery tours. I'd guess that the very small quantities that are produced in Iowa are sold directly from the distillery, and anything you find in a grocery store or liquor store came from the larger batch process in Indiana. I think Iowa changed the law a few years ago to allow distillers to sell directly to the general public - you might have to visit the distillery (or have a connection as others mentioned) to get the "good stuff" from their gift shops or tasting rooms.

No...they may offer a tour, but there is not an operational, licensed still on site in templeton, unless someone can prove me wrong.

 

[CYvilEng]

So you won't be buying one of these I take it.

There is a big giant asterisk on the shirt.

 

[bawbie]

There is a big giant asterisk on the shirt.

or they spelled "Indiana" wrong.

 

[Farnsworth]

or they spelled "Indiana" wrong.

well they also used Idaho as the state outline.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

these last three posts have been the best of the day! hooray