West End Archive

#1665: North Peak Brewing Company

Posted on July 2023 | No Comments
(West End, Traverse City, MI) Scooter’s 1665th bar, first visited in 2023. I had to come into town to pick up various prescriptions and after I picked up my first...
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Some people collect autographs, some collect antiques, others collect stamps. My hobby is a little different, I collect bars. This site represents my collection, documenting each bar I visit.

This is not a review site, there's plenty of those already. Most posts in this bar diary are slice-of-life recaps of the half hour or so I spent having a beer. I hope you enjoy browsing through my collection!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
- Bullet Hole
  16 July 2009
  (Utica, NE) Scooter’s 586th bar, first visited in 2009. This was a COMPLETE bonus bar, absolutely nothing in our research indicated this would be here and we wouldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t expect a...
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- Hessen Haus
  05 July 2019
  (Downtown, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1341st bar, first visited in 2019. Since we foudn foot at Mullets we decided to save Iowa Taproom for tomorrow as originally planned. We checked...
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- Sting Ray’s
  01 June 2011
  (Tybee Island, GA) Scooter’s 875th bar, first visited in 2011. Of all the bars we visited on Tybee Island, this was the only one that was packed to the gills....
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