Sextro Rye: Heath Schneider

Bourbon Showdown Podcast · Nov 1, 2024 · 1h 2m

This week we welcome Heath Schneider from Sextro Rye to the show. Sextro Rye, steeped in whiskey history, Heath and his Whiskey making bootleg partner Whiskey Rich discovered that Heaths Grandmother, Lorine Sextro had supported the family through the Great Depression by learning how to distill and making her own rye whiskey during prohibition. This rye became very popular in certain circles, becoming known as one of Al Capones favorites. Cut to 2015, where Heath is now making whiskey and carrying on the family legacy with the release of Sextro Rye, a rye whiskey made from his Grandmothers…