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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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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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The Alaskan Hotel & Bar
12 May 2023(Downtown, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1651st bar, first visited in 2023. We used this historic bar as our meet-up spot after our group converged from three different directions. I was the...
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LynLake Brewery
30 March 2023(Lowry Hill East, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1608th bar, first visited in 2023. This brewery is located in a former theater, and is two doors over from a bar that I...
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#1187: Dillon Dam Brewery
Posted on May 2017 | No Comments(Dillon, CO) Scooter’s 1187th bar, first visited in 2017. Family-friendly brewpub. My flight included King George’s Imperial Brown Ale, Here’s Your DAM IPA, Sweet George’s Brown, and McLuhr’s Irish Stout.... -
#1182: Brewery Emperial
Posted on December 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1182nd bar, first visited in 2016. The newest microbrewery to open in the downtown area. Has a a courtyard and a menu of food that... -
#1176: Rock & Run Brewery & Pub
Posted on October 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Liberty, MO) Scooter’s 1176th bar, first visited in 2016. Brewpub on the square ion downtown Liberty. Known for its wood fired pizzas, which I tried and they are awesome.... -
#1168: Double Shift Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1168th bar, first visited in 2016. One of Kansas City’s newest breweries. I had the River Pirate Oatmeal Stout and the Barrel-Aged River Pirate so... -
#1167: Torn Label Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1167th bar, first visited in 2016. Located in a nondescript building on the inside of the center of the block, this is a bit hard... -
#1165: Boulevard Brewing Company Beer Hall
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1165th bar, first visited in 2016. Tours and the gift shop downstairs, spacious tasting room with a very limited restaurant upstairs. Upstairs includes an outdoor... -
#1164: Potosi Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Potosi, WI) Scooter’s 1164th bar, first visited in 2016. This brewery was it bit out of the way on a rather winding country road, but it was worth the trip.... -
#1162: Wisconsin Brewing Tap Haus
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1162nd bar, first visited in 2016. After Paradise Loung we started walking to the western corner of the square with no particular destination in mind, and... -
#1159: Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1159th bar, first visited in 2016. Madison’s oldest currently-operating brewpub encompasses two buildings on the eastern corner of the outer ring of the Capitol Square. The... -
#1156: New Glarus Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(New Glarus, WI) Scooter’s 1156th bar, first visited in 2016. After a long drive across Wisconsin we arrived here about 55 minutes before closing time, but with people still arriving... -
#1155: Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Chippewa Falls, WI) Scooter’s 1155th bar, first visited in 2016. We got up extra early to try to be on one of the first tours of the day as we... -
#1149: Gluek’s Restaurant & Bar
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1149th bar, first visited in 2016. Nice German restaurant / beer hall with a small sidewalk patio. As we approached we noticed a number of people... -
#1141: Day Block Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1141st bar, first visited in 2016. Local microbrewery across the street from the hotel we were originally supposed to stay at before a transformer blew. I... -
#1136: Barley’s Brewing Company
Posted on July 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1136th bar, first visited in 2016. Large downtown brewpub with a second floor arcade. I had the Alexander’s Russian Imperial Stout. 467 N High St Columbus,... -
#1135: Hoof Hearted Brewery & Kitchen
Posted on July 2016 | No Comments(Italian Village, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1135th bar, first visited in 2016. If the name makes you think, “Who farted?”, it’s apparently not by accident. Very large, ultra-modern looking brewpub in... -
#1134: Seventh Son Brewing Company
Posted on July 2016 | No Comments(Italian Village, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1134th bar, first visited in 2016. Like the previous places, also a former service station. Food trucks out front. The indoor seating are was crowded... -
#1133: Lineage Brewing
Posted on July 2016 | No Comments(Old North Columbus, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1133rd bar, first visited in 2016. Shared two flights with family, between the two sampled everything they had. There’s a small patio out front.... -
#1131: Calibration Brewery
Posted on June 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, North Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1131st bar, first visited in 2016. New microbrewery, bringing the total in North Kansas City to 3. I only had 10 minutes, just enough... -
#1126: North High Brewing
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1126th bar, first visited in 2015. You can’t go wrong with a beer called Filthy McNasty, so it’s lucky we got in here just as they... -
#1125: Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1125th bar, first visited in 2015. Most of our group had not tried mead before, so half of us went with the safe bet, the Apple...




















