Downtown Archive

#1209: Crane Brewing

Posted on August 2017 | No Comments
(Downtown, Raytown, MO) Scooter’s 1209th bar, first visited in 2017. Extremely popular craft brewery in an industrial area just south of Raytown’s downtown. Focuses mainly on sours… but occasionally rotates...
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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
- Midland Beer Garden
  22 November 2017
  (Midland, TX) Formerly Garden View Nursery Scooter’s 1217th bar, first visited in 2017. Quite literally a beer garden, as this craft beer bar occupies several greenhouses at a plant nursery....
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- Deep Eddy Cabaret
  27 August 2022
  (Westfield, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1568th bar, first visited in 2022. On the way back in to drop off the rental car we decided to take in one last must-see dive...
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- Railway Winery & Butler Creek Distilling
  10 August 2024
  (Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1759th bar, first visited in 2024. Technically closer to the town of Beaver than to Eureka Springs, we had driven by this place many times in...
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