Bar 54 where are you? Well it’s in downtown Peoria on Adams Street, it’s The Bar At Black Band Distillery.
Black Band Distillery is a really cool place and if you’ve never been there, you’ll probably want to visit it after you see the forthcoming photos! Off we go!
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Bar Number 54: The Bar At Black Band Distillery, Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Here we are at Black Band Distillery in downtown Peoria. Let’s go inside and see what’s happening in there on this fine evening in March of 2026.
This is one of the more impressive bars in Peoria! If you’ve never been here, you definitely need to come and check it out!
I got served a glass of water and there’s the menus to choose our first cocktail of the evening. As you know by now, I usually order a beer, but this place has specialty cocktals, so I thought we’d try three different cocktails tonight.
There’s Scott, who’s a manager and a bartender in here crafting cocktail number one. And there he is serving it up! Scott’s a friendly guy and we had a nice conversation about Peoria, bars, New York City and more!
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Cocktail Number One: The Peoria Mule
The Peoria Mule is a drink made up of Vodka, Ginger Beer and Lime. It’s served in a classic copper mule glass with crushed ice and a slice of lime.
It was a refreshing and delicious drink!
Here’s another angle of the massive wooden bar in here and two Black Band wooden barrels on top of it.
There’s two walls in front of the bar filled with Black Band Bourbon, Vodka and other spirits distilled right here on the premises. There’s also merchandise including Black Band hats.
Here’s the in-house distillery in Black Band, right behind the bar. It’s quite an impressive operation in here!
Meanwhile, back at the bar…
It’s time for the second cocktail of the evening. I went with the Featured Cocktail, the Rose Petals cocktail. There’s Scott expertly mixing this one up.
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Cocktail Number Two: rose Petals
This is a Gin based cocktail made with St. Germain, Vanilla, Rose Water and Lime.
It’s a light and very refreshing cocktail!
There’s two dining areas on the main floor, but they had people eating their dinner in there and I didn’t want to bother them by taking photos, so I went to the upstairs dining room which was empty.
Wow, it’s really nice up here and check out the Black Band logo on the wall. I’ve never noticed that in here!
And just like that, we’re back at the bar…
Scott told me that they’re unveiling the new spring cocktail menu in here next week and there it is.
He offered to make me a cocktail from that menu and there he is expertly mixing it up!
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Cocktail Number Three: Winter Sunset
Here’s the preview drink from the new Spring Cocktail Men: Winter Sunset. The drink is mixed with Bourbon, Amaretto, Orange Juice, Lemon, Maple and an Egg White. The orange slice is the sunset of the drink!
It was delicious and I hightly recommend this and all of the drinks that are expertly mixed and concoted at the Bar At Black Band Distillery!
Thanks to Scott for the wonderful drinks and conversation!
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The Drinks
I really enjoyed the drinks and my fun evening at the Bar At Black Band Distillery. If you’ve never been here, you need to check it out for drinks, dinner or hopefully both! It’s truly a unique and fun destination in downtown Peoris!
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The Bar At Black Band Distillery
1000 SW Adams Street
Peoria
309-413-0628
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