Just don't make any sheep jokes :)
How about this for good customer relations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDp852YR_zQ
Speights Brewery sent a shipment to relieve the drought in London. Would have been a good trip.

Sheep jokes? Perish the thought.

Speights - more fond memories!

Neil - glad you enjoyed some of the local brew in the Pacific Northwest.

Did you get to visit the Kangaroo & Kiwi Pub in Seattle? It's a fantastic little Aussie pub and they have the best meat pies I've ever tasted outside of Oz. They also have a great supply of Aussie lollies, Tim Tams & Vegemite.

Hi, John. No, we didn't pass through Seattle - opted to drive up the Olympic Peninsula to Port Angeles instead and take the ferry to Victoria. (At the risk of sounding churlish though I wouldn't have gone out of my way to visit an Aussie pub - no shortage here!)

And thinking of Amerian beers, how could I forgotten Moose Drool?

Hey folks.
We even get XXXX and VB here in our very small southern Alberta, Canada town.

ThePass, you have my sympathies.