8)Great idea there 650 ... swing by Nfld. on your way across "the Pond" and pick me up!
The mention of Schlitz and Pabst brings back some memories! Back in 1985, all of the Breweries in Newfoundland went on strike (the unions had an agreement that if one went out, then they all went out) ... and because the Breweries were the "Big-3" (Molsons, Labatt and Carling O'Keefe) Canuck suds makers, an inter-provincial trade barrier on beer at that time, dictated that they could not ship mainland brewed beer down during the strike. Now, this was in the days before micro-breweries ... Nflders love their beer and the darn strike lasted from April 'til November of that year ... solution? ... the Provincial Government (which makes lots of taxes off of beer) started importing American beer literally by the container-ship load ... buying it in bulk for cheap and selling it at local beer prices ... they made a friggin' fortune that Summer! Anyhoo, as I was a young feller at that time, I guzzled plenty Yankee Suds during the long, hot Summer of '85 ... Old Milwaulkee seemed to be the most popular brand, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz and Lone Star were also common around here for several months. At the end of the beer strike, Nflders returned en-masse to their old favourites, leaving the government stuck with tons of American product, which they eventually sold off at cost ... I remember seeing pick-up trucks leaving a local government liquor warehouse with the pans full of Old Milwaulkee, which had been purchased for a song ...