Scooter’s 1405th bar, first visited in 2019.

After I finished at Bike Rack I drove a few miles to Macadoodle’s (a liquor store) to buy some regional beer to take home. By the time I finished there, it was time for Saddlebock Brewery to open. So a drove all the way out to the country and arrived there. Yes! Another place where I was the first customer of the day. Except wait, there’s no employee vehicle. The door was locked. Checked Facebook, and found a post made earlier that morning stating that they would be opening late. Crap. I was on a timetable, so so much for getting to visit Saddlebock on this trip.

I returned to town and it was still going to be quite a while before any other brewery on my list would be open. My route took me past Black Apple Crossing, and I began to feel guilty, and worried I’d regret it later if I didn’t visit every single craft establishment I possibly could. So I parked and went inside.

Thank god I did…. because I had no idea I was about to experience the BEST DAMN CIDER OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.

The tasting room is in the far back, behind the restaurant area, and there’s a good sized patio behind that. The credit card system was down so they offered me my cider for free, but I had cash so I would have none of that nonsense.

I had the Barrel Aged 1904 and the, oh sweet Jesus this was so amazingly good: the Hibiscus cider. That one was so good I got a 4-pack to go!

321 E Emma Ave
Springdale, AR 72764
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Scooter’s 1404th bar, first visited in 2019.

There were foot trucks out back and it looked like a couple of picnic tables. In the photos below, check out the really sweet retro gaming room.

In addition to coffee I had the Guilded Maple (Belgian Quad) and the ANGUS CHUTE Oatmeal Stout.

205 E Johnson Ave
Springdale, AR 72764
United States
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