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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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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G & L Bar and Grill
09 August 2006(Diagonal, IA) Scooter’s 106th bar, first visited in 2006. From the outside this was probably the most run-down looking of any place we visited but once we stepped in we...
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Mitchell Street Pub
08 October 2024(Downtown, Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1817th bar, first visited in 2024. We had parked a couple of blocks away and shopped and a candy shop and a clothing store. I took...
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Boiler Brewing Company
21 November 2018(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1301st bar, first visited in 2018. Spectacular brewery in the basement of the Grand Manse building, a former courthouse. Accessed from a stairwell in an alley....
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Minnesota Archive
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#1777: Swing Barrel Brewing
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Moorhead, MN) Scooter’s 1777th bar, first visited in 2024. If not for all the road construction in this area making walking no fun, this brewery actually would have been... -
#1775: Junkyard Brewing Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Moorhead, MN) Scooter’s 1775th bar, first visited in 2024. Based on my research this seems to be the most popular brewery in the Fargo-Moorhead area, and it actually has... -
#1760: Venn Brewing Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Ericsson, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1760th bar, first visited in 2024. I had a rather long layover at MSP, so rather than spend it in the airport I decided to look... -
#1637: Surly Brewing Company
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Prospect Park, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1637th bar, first visited in 2023. I saved the biggest for last, with this being my only brewery to visit on this Sunday before heading... -
#1633: Insight Brewing
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Mid-City Industrial, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1633rd bar, first visited in 2023. Because this place was a little out of the way and I had planned on several dive bars earlier... -
#1632: 612Brew
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1632nd bar, first visited in 2023. This brewery is one of several tenants in a larger commercial building, and the common restroom shared by them... -
#1631: Bauhaus Brew Labs
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1631st bar, first visited in 2023. Has the weather been better I’d have just walked here. But there was just too much snow on the... -
#1630: Indeed Brewing
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1630th bar, first visited in 2023. This was a massive brewery complex, much larger than I realized for the majority of my visit. I only... -
#1629: Dangerous Man Brewing
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1629th bar, first visited in 2023. This brewery is one that I planned to visit when I was here in 2016, but just never made... -
#1628: Fair State Brewing Cooperative
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1628th bar, first visited in 2023. The last time I had a drink on this block, 1,464 bars ago in August 2006, it was directly... -
#1627: Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1627th bar, first visited in 2023. Had I not rescheduled this trip from its original date of the first weekend of March, I wouldn’t have... -
#1626: Pog Mahone’s Pub & Grill
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1626th bar, first visited in 2023. With the blizzard beginning to come together within minutes after I returned to my hotel, it became clear I would... -
#1625: Urban Growler Brewing Company
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(South St. Anthony Park, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1625th bar, first visited in 2023. This was supposed to come before Bang Brewing, but I made a last-second switch. Dumb idea.... -
#1624: Bang Brewing Company
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(South St. Anthony Park, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1624th bar, first visited in 2023. This was originally planned to be my last brewery of the night. It was a late... -
#1623: Black Stack Brewing
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(Hamline-Midway, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1623rd bar, first visited in 2023. This brewery is located inside a giant abandoned factory that has been repurposed into separate spaces for an eclectic...