Australia Sends SCO on Walkabout

[Tom Wilson]

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 12:37, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 08:48:48AM -0400, Tom Wilson wrote:
> ...
> >So is that why beer is so expensive there?  They have a Booze
> >Bureaucracy?  I was in Kill Devil Hills in late June and paid $20 US for
> >a case of Miller Lite.  I felt I was stroked.  Now here in Ohio, we
> >drive to Kentucky and get Miller Lite for $12 a case.  And Samuel
> >Smith's Oatmeal Stout is only $3.99 a pint.  Mmmmm...
> 
> I don't think you could sell Miller Lite, Bud Lite, Coors, etc.  for any
> price in Oz, New Zealand, or other places where real beer, ale, and stout
> is available.  The only thing people here in the Pacific NW would use
> Miller Lite for is slug bait.

Agreed.  I prefer fine English Ales myself.  But I was on vacation with
the family so I had to please the, err, unenlightened beer drinkers.

--Tom