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Fire, Water & Grain: The Story of Empire Rye

Fire, Water & Grain: The Story of Empire Rye

2023 · 87 min · Documentary

See how one man's journey into New York's history started a movement. Meet a group of craft distillers, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians, and policymakers as they band together to celebrate the past, present, and future of Rye Whiskey and what it means to the people of the state that made it famous.

Directed by Ryan Andrew Balas · Written by Alec Balas

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