Hamline-Midway Archive

#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...
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Welcome!
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
- Silver Moon Tavern
  15 November 2010
  (Quincy, IL) Scooter’s 840th bar, first visited in 2010. We left Uncle Bob’s bar with no real destination in mind, and within moments found a residential street with two bars...
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- Tasting Room at J. Reiger & Co.
  08 January 2022
  (East Bottoms, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1511th bar, first visited in 2022. We found out about this distillery complex less than a week before COVID lockdowns started in early 2020...
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- Electric Park at J. Reiger & Co.
  24 April 2022
  (East Bottoms, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1530th bar, first visited in 2022. The outdoor bar at J Reiger that was closed for the season the last time we were here....
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