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Welcome to Templeton Sign
Mass migrati0n after world war 1 would lead a lot of Germans coming to inhabit this part of Iowa. You can feel the influence to this day with traditional Oktoberfests, construction, and with the old family recipes for booze. Lovingly named "The Good Stuff" Templeton Rye was born and even though today we would consider it more a rum it was thrown quickly in a barrel and referred to as whiskey. This was the time of the great depression and people needed to feed their families so may turned to moonshining and bootlegging. Of course this would lead to the people of Templeton making their fortunes.
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Working on the harder edges
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when sparks fly
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Fellow photographer Andrew Cutraro marking off a bucket list item.
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Andy
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Landline
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The Front of Templeton's main building. - This image is used for Billboards on the interstates in Iowa and at JFK International airport in New York City by Templeton Distillery.
The sheer amount of crazy stories I've heard about how this stuff was bootlegged would make your head spin. From a legal loophole involving fenceposts, hiding Bottles in headstones with the Fathers blessing, to the town blacksmith constructing his own airplane. The Bigger story I got from learning all of these is that the entire community came together. Nicknames are so common in this area as it made it easy to hide when only those in town know who you're talking about. The ladies who worked the switchboard would connect calls from the feds to the local sheriff and then turn around and warn the moonshiners that the feds were coming to town. But of course Even the local sheriff would play cover when possible.
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Devo on the catwalks
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inspecting the Fermenter Tanks
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Barrel on a rail... or a Bar"rail"
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Hidden stash
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Testing unloaded Ten year whiskey barrels
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Time to Lean
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Shown in photo
(Devo, Left - Kevin, Center Left - Chloe, Center Right - Natalie, Right)
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Filling bottles on the line
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Employee meeting
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Unloading fresh barrels
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The good stuff
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Perfect light
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Summer concert party
Moving back when the Distillery opened it's main building Chase has nothing but pride for this tiny town, the stories it holds, and the people who he's known all of his life.
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Nicknamed Fermenter tanks
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Tour through the town museum
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Holiday Barrel Tree lighting
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The band are all friends who enjoy spending time jamming out and telling tales, never really taking their act much past the surrounding counties. You'd just have to show up at the right place at the right time, somehow word will always get around town about where they'll be though. Such is a small town.
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Hauling tarps under a hazed out sun
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Emptying the water tank
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A group shot of the volunteer Fire Department
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Loading up
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Fire hall
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Geared up
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Old Brick
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Somebody would come looking to buy some Templeton Rye and be given a name and a time. Later that day after the time they were given they would head to the graveyard and open up a headstone. Your fresh bottle of Templeton Rye would be waiting their for you.
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