Sextro Rye: Heath Schneider

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 prohibition recipe. This is a fun interview with a lot of honesty from Heath about his family’s connection to bootlegging and his own whiskey journey. It has all the elements of a classic whiskey story, bootlegging, long lost family recipes, the mob…. the beauty of this story is that it’s true! So sit back and pour a tall glass of rye as we go back to prohibition days on this weeks Bourbon Showdown podcast.