Scooter’s 1806th bar, first visited in 2024.

4300 Glumack Dr
St. Paul, MN 55111
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Scooter’s 1638th bar, first visited in 2023.

By the time I got through security that had changed to a gate in concourse F. Having not done any advance research into F, I went and found my gate first, then saw this place right across from it. A perfect spot to grab some lunch and a drink while keeping an eye on my gate.

They were out of a lot of food items, but they did have chicken tenders and fries. I was feeling a bit beered-out so I got a drink called Minnesota Goodbyes — a coffee-based cocktail.

After I finished my drink and lunch I was considering ordering a beer. I glanced over at my gate to see how things were looking, and now there was a different city on the screen! I checked my boarding pass, and now it had a new gate again, this time way over in Concourse C! So I had to close my tab and speedwalk, reaching the new gate with just minutes to spare before boarding.

4300 Glumack Drive
St. Paul, MN 55111
United States
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Scooter’s 1625th bar, first visited in 2023.

My original plan was to have dinner and a couple of beers here. The huge crowd made it clear that I needed new plans for dinner. As for the beer, I discovered that their menu happened to have a beer offering that was a blend of the two beers I had originally planned to order separately, so I went with that: Dirty Latte (a blend of DeLovely Porter and Vanilla Latte Blonde).

When I finished the beer it was already starting to spit snow, so it was clear the cuts I made earlier in the day were the right move. My Uber got me to my hotel just minutes before the heavy snow started.

2325 Endicott St
St Paul, MN 55114
United States
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Scooter’s 1624th bar, first visited in 2023.

In a move that I would soon regret, I decided at the last moment to switch the order of this and the brewery next door, which I was originally supposed to visit first. My reasoning was that with the approaching snow, this place might decide to close early and then I’d miss it.

As an old grain bin this is not surprisingly a very small place. Just a couple of spots to sit at the bar and a handful of small tables. In nicer weather there is about 3-4 times the seating space outside on their patio.

Since it was approaching the end of today’s adventure, I decided to treat myself to a full pour of something. I opted for Nice, a Dark Ale.

2320 Capp Rd
St Paul, MN 55114
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Scooter’s 1623rd bar, first visited in 2023.

The beers I had were FUGAZI (Italian pilsner), STACKSMAN (American IPA), and WHAT’S THE WIFI PASSWORD? (stout).

My next two breweries were supposed to be Lake Monster Brewing and Dual Citizen Brewing, with two others slated after that. I was keeping a close watch on the approaching snow, however, and it was clear that at best I might be able to get two more breweries in before Id miss my window to get back to the hotel before the blizzard. Since the other two breweries were adjacent to each other (increasing the odds of getting to visit both before I’d have to abandon ship), I painfully cut Lake Monster and Dual Citizen.

755 Prior Ave N
St Paul, MN 55104
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Scooter’s 1622nd bar, first visited in 2023.

This brewery is more of a restaurant, but there was a very small bar in the back where I plopped down. As I was looking over the beer menu the bartender mentioned that they had just put a new Hefeweizen on, so I went with that, and it was quite good. I neglected, however, to ask for a smaller pour, so what I received meant that I was in for a longer stay than I expected.

An early draft of my itinerary had me continuing southwest from here to Clutch Brewing and Summit Brewing, but I had cut those long ago because they would have prevented me from reaching where I wanted to end the evening before closing time. My new route instead took me west-northwest, with Burning Brothers Brewing as my next planned stop.

Unfortunately, checking the timing of the impending blizzard, it became clear I was going to have to make some cuts if I was going to make it back to the hotel before heavy snow started. Checking the current online tap lists, I made the difficult decision to cut Burning Brothers from the route.

445 Smith Ave N
St Paul, MN 55102
United States
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Scooter’s 1621st bar, first visited in 2023.

Out front was a nice covered patio with a lit fire pit, but it was too gross outside for anyone to be using it. Inside was a long bar with a selection of video games at the far end.

Rather than smaller 5oz samples, I opted for a full pour of a single beer that looked particularly good to me: OMINOUS (an imperial brown ale).

It’s only appropriate that as I was having a beer named OMINOUS in a brewery called Bad Weather Brewing, that I got a new weather alert update that the winter storm warning was now upgraded to a blizzard warning. I realized I was going to have to keep a close eye on the weather and potentially make some tough decisions later.

While I was drinking my beer the bartender was chatting with a guy to my let about someone she knew who lived (or used to live) in St. Louis. The guy to my left made a comment about St. Louis being a shithole and how glad he is to not have to go there anymore. He then added “Same for Kansas City, that place is a shithole too,” I turned to them in mock offence and said “Hay, wait a second, I’m from Kansas City! To which they both laughed and then he said “Well you aren’t there now, so obviously you knew to find something better.”

414 7th St W
St Paul, MN 55102
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Scooter’s 1620th bar, first visited in 2023.

I was initially the only person sitting at the bar, which made me slightly anxious that perhaps I wasn’t supposed to be. But eventually someone else “joined me” on the other side of the the box-shaped bar.

Due to a complete lack of cellphone reception I had to wait until I was outside to check my beers in. I had Derry Girl (Irish dry stout) and the Double Stout (imperial oatmeal stout).

As I was drinking my beer I considered backtracking to MetroNOME Brewery since it was getting closer to their opening time. But when I got outside and had reception again, I learned that a winter storm watch expected later in the evening had been upgraded to a winter storm warning. Given that news I decided it was best to stick to my itinerary and not add anything else, so instead of backtracking on foot I got an uber to my next planned destination.

141 4th St E Suite LL2
St Paul, MN 55101
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Scooter’s 1619th bar, first visited in 2023.

The walls are adorned with cool murals, and there’s a bank of pinball machines in one corner.

One beer I had been looking forward to was no longer available, but I enjoyed their Behind the Waterfall (imperial porter) and I Can’t Stand the Rain (which proved fitting as it started raining when I left here and I had to get my umbrella out).

Oops: That second beer wasn’t I Can’t Stand The Rain, because it turns out that’s an IPA and most definitely not near-black in color. What did I have, then? Scrolling back through what other people were checking in around that time, it appears my second beer was most likely One Below All (imperial stout).

I would like to have visited MetroNOME Brewery next, as this was as close to it as I would get today, but it didn’t open until 3pm and that was still too far away. So instead of walking southeast I headed off in a southwest direction in a chilly light rain.

248 7th St E
St Paul, MN 55101
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Scooter’s 1618th bar, first visited in 2023.

This was a fun bar with really friendly regulars. It was also nice seeing the bartender communicating in writing with a hearing-disabled patron who arrived shortly after me, he didn’t seem at all put out about the extra work.

I had fish & chips and Hamm’s on draft because that’s not an easy find back home.

241 7th St E
St Paul, MN 55101
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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
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Scooter’s 1139th bar, first visited in 2016.

I had the Dissent Dark Ale by Steel Toe and the Blk Wlf by Able Seedhouse + Brewery.

162 Dale St N
St Paul, MN 55104
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