Cold Beverages

Here are some rules to live by. If you've never been to the Open, please
take note, and if you are a regular, let this serve to refresh your memory.
· Always buy your beverages at least thirty miles away from the mountain.
On-hill prices tend to be astronomical. And don't think that the bottom of
the access road will get you far enough away to make a difference in price.
Anyone that's spent $18.00 on a case of Natural Light will tell you that.
· Always buy more of your favorite beverage than you think you will need.
· This is the US Open so please buy American when it comes to your beverage.
The Open isn't the place to show people how much money you are willing to
spend on your drinks, but style points will be awarded. PBR, Rainer,
Schlitz, Country Club, Ballantine, Black Label, any of the Genesee products,
Lucky Lager, Matts, Rheingold, Utica Club, Blatz, The Beast, High Life,
Hamm's, Meister Brau, Piels, Schaefer, Old Milwaukee, and Busch are all safe
bets. DON'T bring a beverage like Corona; it has no place outside in Vermont
in March (Modelo, the Mexican version of Natural Light, is okay). Of course,
if you don't want to take any chances you can just go for the old red,
white, and blue, tried and true, King of Beers. Extra points will be awarded
if you purchased your beverages at Beverage King in West Lebanon, NH, the
official supplier to the 1996 EI Cage.
· Be on the lookout at all times for people giving away coozies. Better yet,
buy one at the place where you got your beverages that says something like
"My other hand also has a beer in it." Or "Newport. Alive with pleasure!" or
get a blank one and make your own.