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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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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Speakeasy Conversation Bar
14 November 2010(Terre Haute, IN) Scooter’s 819th bar, first visited in 2010. We liked this place a lot. A nice quiet bar with a cool bartender, a place with no games and...
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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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Berts Pub & Grub
09 August 2006(Afton, IA) Scooter’s 109th bar, first visited in 2006. Afton, Iowa is the former county seat of Union County, and has a nice town square to prove it. While people...
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#1536: Jowler Creek Vineyard & Winery
Posted on June 2022 | No Comments(Platte City, MO) Scooter’s 1536th bar, first visited in 2022. The last stop of the day was this winery several miles north of Platte City. (Despite the Platte City address,... -
#1535: Riverwood Winery
Posted on June 2022 | No Comments(Rushville, MO) Scooter’s 1535th bar, first visited in 2022. Part winery, part distillery. I decided to stick with just the wine side of things since I was starting to get... -
#1532: Holladay Distillery
Posted on June 2022 | No Comments(Weston, MO) Scooter’s 1532nd bar, first visited in 2022. This was a very cool find that I’ve probably driven past dozens of times and never noticed. The tasting room is... -
#1531: Lake Bums BrewCo
Posted on June 2022 | No Comments(Pontiac, MO) Scooter’s 1531st bar, first visited in 2022. Founds this brewery across the highway from a campground where we were staying. The tap room is in a mewer building... -
#1530: Electric Park at J. Reiger & Co.
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(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.... -
#1526: Buoy Beer Company
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Astoria, OR) Scooter’s 1526th bar, first visited in 2022. This is a pretty fascinating brewery build right on the wharf overlooking the Columbia River. A glass bottom in the... -
#1524: Pelican Brewing – Pacific City
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(Pacific City, OR) Scooter’s 1524th bar, first visited in 2022. Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area was one of the first stops on our list of must-see beaches. Upon arrival, however... -
#1523: Deschutes Public House – Portland
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Portland, OR) Scooter’s 1523rd bar, first visited in 2022. I was tasked with with us finding lunch somewhere along the way to the coast, still in Portland, and only... -
#1515: Boot Hill Distillery
Posted on March 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Dodge City, KS) Scooter’s 1515th bar, first visited in 2022. I don’t normally drink distilled spirits. They’ve never interested me and never tasted good to me. But this place... -
#1514: Dodge City Brewing
Posted on March 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Dodge City, KS) Scooter’s 1514th bar, first visited in 2022. I was spending an evening in Dodge City and decided to check out their local brewery. There’s quite a... -
#1512: River Bluff Brewing @ River Market
Posted on March 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1512th bar, first visited in 2022. The second location if a brewery out of St. Joseph that conveniently opened in the same building where I... -
#1511: Tasting Room at J. Reiger & Co.
Posted on January 2022 | No Comments(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... -
#1508: Range 23 Brewing
Posted on September 2021 | No Comments(Piper, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1508th bar, first visited in 2021. This is a bit of a unique find that had only been open for a few weeks. This is... -
#1507: Ten & Two Coffee Bar
Posted on September 2021 | No Comments(Bonner Springs, KS) Scooter’s 1507th bar, first visited in 2021. We came here to the Olde Mill Building (which my GPS had no idea how to get to) expecting to... -
#1506: Outfield Beer Company
Posted on September 2021 | No Comments(Edwardsville, KS) Scooter’s 1506th bar, first visited in 2021. This was supposed to be our last stop on a brewery crawl back in August, but full stomachs forced us to... -
#1505: St. Ambrose Cellars
Posted on September 2021 | No Comments(Beulah, MI) Scooter’s 1505th bar, first visited in 2021. We decided to spend an afternoon hanging out at a winery, which turned out to also have mead and their own... -
#1501: ByGeorge Brewing Company
Posted on August 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Munising, MI) Scooter’s 1501st bar, first visited in 2021. Our group LOVED this place. Even the non beer drinkers found something for them and we all had a great... -
#1499: ExBEERiment Brewing
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Gardner, KS) Scooter’s 1499th bar, first visited in 2021. This wasn’t intended to be the last stop of the day, but the pizza and cookies at the previous place filled... -
#1497: POG Brewing Company
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Cleveland, MO) Scooter’s 1497th bar, first visited in 2021. A brewery way out there, with pretty impressive food and a beer list that is all named for military slang terms....