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| Liberal Bear Hates Busch | |
| 2004-08-18 | |
| BAKER LAKE, Wash. - Rain-eeeeer .... Bear? When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby — dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer. Ah, another happy camper. The bear apparently got into campers' coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans. "He drank the Rainier and wouldn't drink the Busch beer," said Lisa Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker. Rainier beer. Preferred two to one in bear taste tests Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest. Side note: Bears can read! "He didn't like that (Busch) and consumed, as near as we can tell, about 36 cans of Rainier." You know, Rainier beer sales have been failing since the 80's, I wouldnt be too surprised if this isnt a publicity stunt of some sort. A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground but the animal just climbed a tree to sleep it off for another four hours. Agents finally herded the bear away, but it returned the next morning. Nothing works better to rid yourself of a hangover than another beer. Agents then used a large, humane trap to capture it for relocation, baiting the trap with the usual: doughnuts, honey and, in this case, two open cans of Rainier. That did the trick.
"This is a new one on me," Heinck said. "I've known them to get into cans, but nothing like this. And it definitely had a preference." | |
| Posted by:2% |
| #16 graduated '83 Yank. Strauss beer kicks, along with Oggie's (Torrey Pines India Pale Ale is my Fav) - good local beer - took my kids and 66 yr old mom to the Pads last nite - 11-1 over Atlanta by the 7th |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-18 8:25:08 PM |
| #15 Frank G, what years were you at SDSU? I graduated in 91. After graduation (Lynn Cheney spoke but nobody could hear her with the blow-up sex doll bouncing around the bowl) I decided I would never drink Meisterbrau again. Now its Karl Strauss whenever possible. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-08-18 8:11:27 PM |
| #14 Shipman : Kravchuk was "Hero of the Ukraine" Kerry was "Hero of Stealth Cambodian Missions" But as to me, Just Give me a Sam Adams Lager. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-18 7:57:12 PM |
| #13 ima try ranier once and never again. itn taste to strong of alcohal. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-08-18 7:11:43 PM |
| #12 Rainier Ale, otherwise known to the cognoscenti as "Reindeer Piss" or, more familiarly, "The Green Death." mucky, Hamm's (from the land of sky blue waters) is still marketed out west. The Hamm's Beer Bear was one of the most widely recognized advertising icons in all of television history. Frank G, what you're calling a "tricky puzzle" is known as a rebus. Shipman, you win today's prize for the funniest link. That was frickin' priceless! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-18 6:37:58 PM |
| #11 You may be right mucki, I was taken in by the video. There should be some board, group or committee to make sure what we see on the internet is true. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-18 6:34:39 PM |
| #10 me either - I graduated, started buying better beer :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-18 6:34:20 PM |
| #9 wow. luckys isnt even cross my mind in years. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-08-18 6:26:17 PM |
| #8 busch absorbed hamms much like I tried to do many a weekend. The only thing that kept Lucky (sorry, Lucky) from the worst beer list was low low price and, after 24 Lucky's, the "tricky" puzzles in the bottlecap |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-18 6:23:15 PM |
| #7 ima love em beer bong. shipman im have feling that in not real bear he is fight with. ima always thought em bears are like hamms. havent seen hamms in years tho. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-08-18 6:14:51 PM |
| #6 Rainier, Busch, Olympia - all the same pisswater....drink a couple good beers first and these can follow nicely if suitably frigid :-) shotgunning has nothing on beer bongs (funnel and hose) for stupid fun (former SAE member at San Diego State....) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-18 6:04:21 PM |
| #5 The best commercial I've ever seen. An oldie but a goodie. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-18 5:48:35 PM |
| #4 My friends always called it shotgunning a beer but I know what you're saying. Funny story, I had a roommate in college who didn't drink. He saw some guys shotgunning beers and thought it looked fun. He got himself a coka-cola and shotgunned that. Needless to say even the drunks figured out what was gonna happen before the coke came out of his nose. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-08-18 3:43:31 PM |
| #3 Yank, I think he had a nice, crystal Pilsner glass with him. Nothing beats that foamy head. I suspect he was biting them. The effect would be similar to "shooting" a beer. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-08-18 10:24:27 AM |
| #2 Yeah he had a preference or the Raineer was in a different cooler and he finished one off before moving on to the next, and then he was chased off or one drunk bear so he didn't drink many Busch. Assuming you're tearing a bear can open with your big bear claws, how much beer is going to be left to drink? |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-08-18 10:09:20 AM |
| #1 Y'all might find the following commercial for Kokanee beer interesting (real video required): http://www.n2.net/prey/bigfoot/files/kokanee.ram |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-08-18 9:04:21 AM |