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Brewer offers lifetime’s beer for laptop<\/span> WELLINGTON, New Zealand –A New Zealand brewer is offering a lifetime supply of free beer in exchange for the return of a laptop stolen in a break-in.<\/p>\n Croucher Brewing Co. co-owner Paul Croucher said Friday the computer contains “all our financials” as well as label designs for new beers and business contacts.<\/p>\n “So we decided that if anyone does come into possession of it we’ll be happy to offer them a reward — a dozen (bottles) of beer a month for the rest of their life,” he said.<\/p>\n Croucher estimated the total value would likely be about $19,500 for a lifetime of beer. Since making the offer, “plenty of people” had called to say they were looking for the computer, he said.<\/p>\n “Opportunistic kids and a flimsy padlock” resulted in the theft, he said.<\/p>\n Coucher said he was optimistic the free beer offer would lead to the return of the stolen computer. “We’d love it back. We’re at such a critical stage in our little business that every hit like that is quite big,” he said.<\/p>\n The microbrewery in the central North Island tourist town of Rotorua currently ships 160 gallons of its three beers — an English-style pale ale, Czech-style pilsner and a cloudy German wheat beer — each week.<\/p>\n New Zealand winemaker Montana called to warn the brewery owners to make sure the terms of their free beer reward were precise. The winery had a difficult legal wrangle with the winner of an offer of five years’ free wine who tried to extend the supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brewer offers lifetime’s beer for laptop By Ray Lilley, Associated Press Writer | October 19, 2007 WELLINGTON, New Zealand –A New Zealand brewer is offering a lifetime supply of free beer in exchange for the return of a laptop stolen in a break-in. Croucher Brewing Co. co-owner Paul Croucher said Friday the computer contains “all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ryanpost.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBy Ray Lilley, Associated Press Writer | October 19, 2007<\/p>\n