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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!
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Distillery Archive
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#1816: Great Turtle Brewery & Distillery
Posted on October 2024 | No Comments(Mackinac Island, MI) Scooter’s 1816th bar, first visited in 2024. After high tea at the Grand Hotel we went to the bar at the top of the hotel, which offers... -
#1812: New Holland Brewing – Holland Tap Room
Posted on October 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Holland, MI) Scooter’s 1812th bar, first visited in 2024. This brewery has been on my bucket list for a few years, and today our driving route just happened to... -
#1790: Glacial Lakes Distillery and Brewhouse
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1790th bar, first visited in 2024. I almost changed my mind about coming here because there was a singer on the patio and the place... -
#1759: Railway Winery & Butler Creek Distilling
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(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... -
#1757: Fence Stile Vineyards, Winery & Distillery
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1757th bar, first visited in 2024. This was out next stop of tastings during our camping weekend at Watkins Mill. We both did wine tastings here,... -
#1715: Brickway Brewery & Distillery
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1715th bar, first visited in 2023. Since this was directly across the street from Jackson Street Tavern it made sense for this to be our next... -
#1686: Fernweh Distilling Co.
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1686th bar, first visited in 2023. While I as at the brewery, my wife sent me a pic of the menu at they place they all... -
#1676: Copper Mule Distillery
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1676th bar, first visited in 2023. Our next stop was a distillery, since that was on the way to the next winery. Part of our group stayed... -
#1654: Amalga Distillery
Posted on May 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1654th bar, first visited in 2023. We popped in here for one drink shortly before last call at the end of another downtown shopping trip. This... -
#1574: West Bottoms Whiskey Co.
Posted on September 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1574th bar, first visited in 2022. We didn’t know this even existed until the bartender at 9th & State mentioned it was the source for... -
#1533: Holladay Distillery
Posted on June 2022 | No Comments(Weston, MO) Scooter’s 1533rd 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... -
#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.... -
#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... -
#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... -
#1410: Lifted Spirits
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1410th bar, first visited in 2019. This was the next stop on my birthday bar crawl. I was pretty lit by this point and all... -
#1409: Mean Mule Distilling Company
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1409th bar, first visited in 2019. This was stop #2 (but my first new bar) on my birthday bar crawl. One of the first things... -
#1397: Fox Trail Distillery
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1397th bar, first visited in 2019. Distilleries are outside my wheelhouse, but I wanted to visit every craft establishment in the region so that meant stepping out... -
#1376: Glacier Distilling
Posted on September 2019 | No Comments(Coram, MT) Scooter’s 1376th bar, first visited in 2019. Here’s something different (for me), a distillery! My wife was giddy here, she loved it. Something up her alley for once!...
