Scooter's Bar Journal » Rogers

Fox Trail Distillery

scooterj — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:16:00 +0000

(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 of my comfort zone. Knowing nothing about distilled spirits whatsoever, I went with a White Russian, as that’s a safe bet for me, and I really enjoyed their interpretation of it.

One thing that was amusing was the number of borderline vagrants who came in wanting bottles of bourbon to go, and then chewing out the bartender for them not being available yet because they are still waiting for the state to approve their off-premise sales license. (They’d only been open a few months.) I felt bad for the bartender, though.

If you visit, make sure you use the restroom. It’s a little bit trippy.

2121 S Bellview Rd
Rogers, AR 72758
United States
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(479) 372-6136
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Bentonville Brewing Company

scooterj — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:15:00 +0000

(Rogers, AR)

Scooter’s 1396th bar, first visited in 2019.

Bentonville Brewery is not currently located in Bentonville, but they will be by the end of December 2019. I don’t know the story but apparently they had at some point in the past had to move from their original location, so they took up residence in a metal warehouse.

They have made damn good use of the space they have. In terms of atmosphere, this was my favorite stop of the day.

I’m marking them as having outdoor seating, though technically it’s indoor. But the huge open garage door makes it just as good as outdoor.

I had the Lil’ Wrecker (American IPA) and the Natural State Porter. The Lil’ Wrecker was actually a mispour, I’d actually asked for the Homewrecker, but I didn’t want her to waste beer so I went with it.

Below are renderings of the building in Bentonville that will become their permanent home in December 2019.

1700 S 1st St
Rogers, AR 72756
United States
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(479) 903-7330
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Hawk Moth Brewery & Beer Parlor

scooterj — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:14:00 +0000

(Downtown, Rogers, AR)

Scooter’s 1395th bar, first visited in 2019.

Ok, I absolutely HAD to force myself to be good here and not get a flight, due to all of the high ABVs found here. But it was really hard to be good. I ended up buying some crowlers to take home.

While here I had the 2019 Anniversary Blend (70% BA Foeder Stout, 30% Not For The Faint aged futher in a cognac cask), and the Not For The Faint itself (barleywine aged with vanilla beans).

I also sampled the Vanilla Cryotherapy (milkshake IPA) and the Oksymarzen (wheat wine) before buying crowlers of them to bring home as souvenirs.

710 N 2nd St
Rogers, AR 72756
United States
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(479) 877-1011
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Ozark Beer Company

scooterj — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:13:00 +0000

(Downtown, Rogers, AR)

Scooter’s 1394th bar, first visited in 2019.

Route-wise this should not have been my next brewery, but because it was still early in the day I had to do a little backtracking due to opening times. That’s okay, I hadn’t had breakfast yet so the food truck outside provided me with a much-needed lunch.

It doesn’t look it from my photos, but there were probably around 20 people here. There’s just quite a bit of room (inside and out) for them to spread out.

I had the Onyx Coffee Stout, The Momentary Lager (made with honeysuckle and elderflower, a collaboration with a local art museum), their IPA, and their Cream Stout.

While I was eating my lunch I scooted my flight off to the side. Butsomeone came in and sat down beside me, so I had to scoot my flight back out of his way as he sat down. A moment later he asked the bartender, “Do you have flights?”

109 N Arkansas Rd
Rogers, AR 72756
US
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(479) 636-2337
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New Province Brewing Company

scooterj — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:12:00 +0000

(Rogers, AR)

Scooter’s 1393rd bar, first visited in 2019.

My GPS took me to the wrong building, so if you are also a Waze user note that if you are coming from the west you want to take the FIRST parking lot entrance.

I was impressed with New Province from the moment I went inside, and after the first two 5oz pours it became clear that my “absolutely no flights today” rule was going to be a lost cause at only my second stop of the day.

I had the Philosopher King (American IPA), Commoner (Kentucky Common), Lavish (Lavendar IPA) and Yeoman (Coffee Porter).

1310 W Hudson Rd
Rogers, AR 72756
US
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(479) 246-0479
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