Original URL: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/19/latop_recovery_beer_offer/
A Kiwi brewery is offering a "lifetime supply" of beer in exchange for the return of a stolen laptop.
The Croucher Brewing Company near Rotorua is anxious to recover a PC containing designs, financial information, and contact details which was pinched (http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1407830) on Monday.
Backup copies of data held on the machine were taken but are not up to date, the Rotorua Daily Post via the BBC reports (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7051496.stm).
Co-owner Paul Croucher said the brewery would offer a lifetime supply of 12 bottles of beer a month (our emphasis) to anyone able to name the thief.
A dozen bottles of beers is a meager ration that would barely get a Reg hack though lunchtime or a Kiwi shearer through an afternoon's work, we'd suggest. At the time of writing a link from the boutique brewery's website providing more information on the reward, such as it is, is inoperative.
Croucher Brewing's website can be found here (http://croucherbrewing.co.nz). ®
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