As A Commercial Brand
In 1965, Clifford and Rose Romey registered "Templeton Rye Whiskey" as a corporation and trademark in Iowa, which was renewed by Alice Romey in 1996. It went inactive in 2001.
Shortly thereafter, Scott Bush, Keith Kerkhoff, and Ted Bauer (then the holder of the Templeton Rye trademark) formed a corporation to make rye whiskey in Templeton using a prohibition-era recipe. (Based on information on the Iowa Secretary of State website, Bush is the registered agent for "Templeton Rye Whiskey LLC". and Brian Green is the registered agent for "Templeton Rye Spirits, LLC". The brand's product literature lists "Templeton Rye Spirits, LLC" as the corporate name and that is the company that holds the distilling license.) Ted Bauer of Audubon, Iowa, is no longer involved with the company.
Scott Bush claims that his great-grandfather was involved in the making of the original Templeton rye. However, the recipe used is not from Bush's great-grandfather, but from Alphons Kerkhoff; whose son Meryl Kerkhoff provided the recipe.
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