Production places
Connections to water sources, peat places, maltings, cooperages, warehouses and maturation sites. Uncertain connections are labelled.
No documented production places are linked to this distillery yet.
Historie
Quincy Street Distillery grew out of a commitment to craft distilling and an appreciation of Riverside, Illinois’ historical heritage. The family around the distillery describes it as a core value to use classic recipes alongside innovative flavor profiles, and to be a historic storefront in the heart of Riverside. They highlight the commitment to small-batch craftsmanship and collaboration with local artists and suppliers to create spirits with regional character and a sense of responsible enjoyment.
Produktion / Fremstilling
Quincy Street Distillery shares notable hallmarks across their products, where base spirits often rely on a high corn content and a balance of malted barley and rye malts, along with traditional copper still distillation.
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Mash bills and generation-specific approaches: For example Bourbon Spring® and other products with 83% corn in the mash bill, supplemented by malted barley and rye malts; this involves a two-stage distillation process in copper pot stills followed by resting, after which the spirits are aged in small, new, lacquered oak barrels (often 3–5 months in 10-gallon Honey Comb vessels for Bourbon Spring®).
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Production variations: Laughton Bros.™ bourbon uses 53-gallon new, medium-char oak barrels and is aged for at least two years. The mash bill is also 83% corn with the remainder from malted barley and rye malts and is distilled on a grain still in copper. Old No. 176™ (Railroad Gin) is based on the same corn mash but with a gin botanical mix and single distillation in a copper still; the Barrel Reserve edition ages gin in used barrels from Bourbon Spring to add color and flavor.
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Specific products in the whiskey/grain family: Water Tower White Lightning™ (unaged corn whiskey), Salt Creek Corn Whiskey (aged corn whiskey), Bourbon Spring® (young, rested Illinois bourbon), Laughton Bros.™ (Illinois straight bourbon), and North American Steamship Rye™ (bottled-in-bond rye, 4 years in new charred barrels; also a 2-year straight variant).
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Production philosophy: The distillery claims a balance between a creative approach and traditional methods, and emphasizes regionally available ingredients and small batches with handcrafted character. Their spirits span whiskey disciplines and other historically inspired drinks such as gin, mead-based spirits and genever varieties.