Jack's Bottle Shop settles in downtown Rochester
Med City craft beer shop to lead beer-drinkers to little-known breweries. 7:00 pm, Jan. 20, 2021 × Jack Lester, owner of Jack's Bottle Shop, shows off a couple crowlers from Portage Brewing Company on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Rochester. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com) Rochester’s newest bottle shop pinned down one of the hardest sales licenses in the state in a garage spot — but the result passes the vibe check. Jack Lester, a longtime staffer at Forager Brewery, moved into a former auto shop a little ways from his old place of work. There, he stocked the shop with...