Scooter’s 1716th bar, first visited in 2023.

The building is a former firehouse, converted to a massive brewery/restaurant. Apart from the large rectangular central bar there are massive seating levels on two levels, plus outdoor seating both on the sidewalk and on a rooftop deck.

My flight consisted of the Steel Cut Stout, the Dundee Export 90 Scotch Ale, Pursuit of Juiciness (NEIPA), and the Capitol (with Simcoe Cask Conditioned) — a pale ale that was a last-moment substitution after the keg blew of whatever I originally wanted in that spot was.

Unfortunately that last second substitution ended up being one of the worst craft beers I’ve ever had. Definitely among bottom ten out of the over 2,700 distinct craft beers I’d had up until then. So unfortunately that’s the memory I was left with. I should have STARTED with that one because any of the other three beers would have ended this visit on a good note!

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Scooter’s 1715th bar, first visited in 2023.

When we first arrived a tour was getting ready to start so it was a bit hectic, but once the tour group moved to the back it became much calmer.

I was faced with a dilemma. This was the start of the day, so the best strategy would be a few samplings of lower alcohol beers that I was only mildly interested in. But what I really wanted was the Barrel-Aged Epic Blackout Stout, a delicious beast with a powerful 17% ABV but was NOT available in flights. I’d had it before, but never from the source. I really wanted it from the source. So that’s what I chose. And, guess what? The rest of the day would still work out just fine.

At one point I went to use the restroom. Inside the men’s room was a door labeled “employees only”. It was the employee access to the same restroom. That door was also ajar. And I could plainly hear that the tour group was currently gathered right on the other side of that door. I briefly considered the entertainment value of a nice loud fart. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) I just didn’t have it in me.

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Scooter’s 1714th bar, first visited in 2023.

We both had ourselves a bunch of breakfast food. I had coffee boozed up in various ways, my friend stuck to Bloody Marys.

After we left here we went to a nearby convenience store to get some Ibuprofen, where we both got in trouble for failing to notice the “no backpacks” sign among the sea of signs on the front of the building.

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Scooter’s 1708th bar, first visited in 2023.

Looking back at what all we had passed, we decided Havana Garage looked the most interesting so we backtracked to there.

As it is a cigar bar, it was a bit too smoky inside for our comfort. So we decided to take our drinks to the headed/covered patio out back.

The patio is surrounded with vegetation and included a large tree that passed through one of the tables. The patio has a back alley entrance that we had already passed twice before while walking around today. I thought it looked enticing, my friend thought it look creepy.

I had an Omaha Stylee IPA by Brickway Brewery & Distillery.
As we were leaving I had stopped to use the restroom (which honestly I had to do at least once at every single bar we went to), and I remember something was odd about it but I can’t remember what. I remember it was in the basement, but it was something else. I’ll have to pee there again someday to try to figure out what it was.

Google Street View images of the alley entrance that I thought looked cool but gave my friend the creeps…

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Scooter’s 1707th bar, first visited in 2023.

There was a well dressed group having a good time at the next table and we bantered back and forth a couple of times. When we were about halfway finished with our drinks they paid their tab and left. A few minutes later they returned and ordered another round.

“Change your mind?” my friend asked them.

“YES!” they said. “It’s POURING out there!”

The weather forecast up to this point (which we had been monitoring frequently) had always insisted on only periods of sprinkles to very light rain. So we assumed they were exaggerating. After we finished our drinks and closed our tab we decided to brave the walk back to the hotel.

NOPE! It was a full-on monsoon outside. Torrents of rain. We stood under the canopy for a minute debating whether to also go back inside. But we were tired, so we decided to awning-hop our way back to the hotel.

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Scooter’s 1704th bar, first visited in 2023.

The most prominent feature of this bar is the stage at the front end. There was some early prep underway for what I assume was an act scheduled for later i the evening.

I had a Guinness.

After we left here we decided to go across the street to T. Henery’s since my friend had never been there. (This was my third visit and second this year.) It was my first visit where it wasn’t packed.

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Omaha, NE 68102
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Scooter’s 1703rd bar, first visited in 2023.

This is a basement bar on a block with (at least) three basement bars. It was all decked out for Halloween when we visited. There are video gambling machines, and they have live music on the weekends.

I had a Guinness.

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Scooter’s 1641st bar, first visited in 2023.

This tiki bar is located in the basement. There were at least two large rooms, packed with people, we sat at a table shared with two other groups. We both had island themed cocktails, I don’t remember what my wife had but mine was a rum-based take on an Old Fashioned.

We were pretty buzzed by this point so these pictures aren’t my best work.

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Omaha, NE 68102
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Scooter’s 1640th bar, first visited in 2023.

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Omaha, NE 68102
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