Astoria Archive

#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...
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Welcome!
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!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
- Pryes Brewing
  30 March 2023
  (Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1614th bar, first visited in 2023. After walking the past several breweries, it was back to an Uber ride for this one. I started to get...
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- Deep Eddy Cabaret
  27 August 2022
  (Westfield, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1568th bar, first visited in 2022. On the way back in to drop off the rental car we decided to take in one last must-see dive...
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- Drafter’s
  06 August 2005
  (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) OUT OF BUSINESS Closed in 2007. Started to re-open as The Belfry but that went under before it got going. Scooter’s 28th bar, first visited in...
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