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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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Brewery Archive
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#1354: Fox Brewing
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(Valley Junction, West Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1354th bar, first visited in 2019. Not technically in Valley Junction, but close enough that it’s the best way to describe it. Located... -
#1353: 1717 Brewing Co
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1353rd bar, first visited in 2019. This is a brand new brewery, only open for a few weeks at the time of our visit, directly... -
#1352: Peace Tree Brewing Co. – Des Moines Branch
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1352nd bar, first visited in 2019. There were a crap-ton of cyclists here. And, despite the rainbow banners outside, in one corner was a small... -
#1347: Exile Brewing Company
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1347th bar, first visited in 2019. We walked down here from Carl’s, and despite having had breakfast just 2 hours earlier, we were hungry again and... -
#1338: Confluence Brewing
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(Greater South Side, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1338th bar, first visited in 2019. Though I’ve had some of their beer before, this is my first visit to an Iowa brewery.... -
#1334: 3 Trails Brewing Company
Posted on May 2019 | No Comments(Independence Square, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 1334th bar, first visited in 2019. This brewery in downtown Independence sits under the watchful eye of President Harry S Truman (seen outside in one... -
#1333: Apex Aleworks
Posted on May 2019 | No Comments(Independence, MO) Scooter’s 1333rd bar, first visited in 2019. A newcomer to the area but the first brewery in Independence, Apex Aleworks is the result of an existing home brew... -
#1332: New Axiom Brewing Company
Posted on May 2019 | No Comments(Lee’s Summit, MO) Scooter’s 1332nd bar, first visited in 2019. This had been open for quite a while but I hadn’t been yet due to the distance. Finally got a... -
#1330: 1840 Brewing Company
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Bay View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1330th bar, first visited in 2019. I had never heard of this place, but it came recommended by an Internet Stranger who had been here... -
#1329: Third Space Brewing
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Menomonee River Valley, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1329th bar, first visited in 2019. I wasn’t originally planning to come here, but when fate handed me one of their stickers and then... -
#1303: WYOld West Taproom
Posted on November 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Cody, WY) Scooter’s 1303rd bar, first visited in 2018. A second location for the popular Powell, WY brewery. This location features a self-pour system. At the time of my... -
#1301: Boiler Brewing Company
Posted on November 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1301st bar, first visited in 2018. Spectacular brewery in the basement of the Grand Manse building, a former courthouse. Accessed from a stairwell in an alley.... -
#1294: Tallgrass Taphouse
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Manhattan, KS) Scooter’s 1294th bar, first visited in 2018. For some reason I always pictured this as a small place with a rustic unfinished wood interior. It’s the exact... -
#1293: Little Apple Brewing Company
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Manhattan, KS) Scooter’s 1293rd bar, first visited in 2018. Manhattan’s other craft brewery that most people don’t seem to know about. Located in a strip mall pretty far outside the... -
#1288: 10 Barrel Brewing
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(River North Arts District, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1288th bar, first visited in 2018. After 14er we decided it was time to head back to the hotel for a break, but... -
#1289: Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Five Points, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1289th bar, first visited in 2018. After what was really too long of a break at the hotel, we went back out on foot. Neither... -
#1287: 14er Brewing Company
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1287th bar, first visited in 2018. Because the heat was starting to make us feel miserable, we skipped ahead of our initial planned route a little bit... -
#1286: Epic Brewing Company
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(River North Arts District, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1286th bar, first visited in 2018. The walk here from Black Shirt seemed a lot longer than it really was, this was largely... -
#1285: Black Shirt Brewing Co.
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(River North Arts District, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1285th bar, first visited in 2018. After crossing over the rail yard we decided to backtrack to here because we were getting hungry... -
#1284: Crooked Stave Taproom at The Source
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(River North Arts District, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1284th bar, first visited in 2018. We stood around outside like idiots for several minutes, trying to find the tap room that our... -
#1283: Great Divide Barrel Bar
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(River North Arts District, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1283rd bar, first visited in 2018. This is the newer of the two Great Divide tap rooms we had planned to visit, unfortunately...
