Scooter’s 1617th bar, first visited in 2023.

There was a bit of a communication breakdown when I tried to place my order. Before I even arrived I had already pre-selected two beers I wanted to try, as I was trying to keep it to 2-3 5-oz pours per brewery in order maintain my liver through today’s itinerary. But as soon as I said “5 ounce” the bartender (who I think was also the owner) shut me down and made me get a complete flight because he didn’t want to keep making me 5oz pours despite my protest that the two I had asked for were all I wanted. Oh well, the beer was all good, so I decided to go with it and find someplace else later to drink less beer to offset this requirement. (Spoiler alert: that never happened, I drank my full allotment or more everywhere.)

I had the Yoerg’s Beer (their flagship lager) and the Black Forest Lager (dark lager), and also added the Yoerg’s Picnic (pilsner) and one of their guest European beers, the Pays d’Erpigny by Brouwerij Alvinne (barleywine) to round out the flight.

378 Maria Ave
St Paul, MN 55106
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Scooter’s 1616th bar, first visited in 2023.

Originally named Flat Earth Brewing, this brewery first opened in 2007 in the renovated ruins of a former Hamm’s plant. In 2019 it renamed to the current name.

The building is absolutely beautiful inside and out. As I was leaving I discovered another huge seating area in another room, which explained why I couldn’t originally find enough people inside to explain the full parking lot.

Even though it was unusable today due to heavy snow and lots of ice, the patio is absolutely amazing. It’s built in the partially-collapsed ruins of the former Hamm’s stables.

Beer-wise, I tried their Shamm’s (American lager), Crook’s Haven (English porter with rye), and Black Helicopter Coffee Stout.

As I left I noticed there was also a distillery in the same complex, but I had a long day of beer planned that I would be unable to complete if started adding spirits to the mix.

688 Minnehaha Ave E
St Paul, MN 55106
United States
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(651) 698-1945
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