Originally Posted by KennyG
Couple of things - I always love a good alcohol thread - especially when it involves the law (kind of go together often)
First off it costs you about $10 in gas (if you get ~20mpg) to go to Wyoming.
Throw in 3 hours time at $13.33 an hour and your at $50.
If there is a full 50% mark up it's pretty easy to see how quickly you could make that up. I personally own a kegerator and they can easily last 30 when tapped properly a keg can last rather well for upwards of 45 days and 145+ days if you store it properly. The way I see it you do this:
Drive to WY and get 3-5 kegs - what ever you feel you will drink in 4 months. I will assume WY has about the same Liquor Prices as Indiana and you can get a cheap keg for $55, AB/Miller for $65, import (molson/sam seasonal, Killians etc) $80, Premo Import (Guiness, Corona, New Castle) for $110. Throw in deposit on the barrel and your looking at anywhere from 180 - 500.
Sounds like a lot, but your not going to make this trip for average people - if you really don't care about 3.2 or giving the church so much money - be my guest (even though the math holds out at just one keg)
1 keg is 7.5 cases of beer. that's 30 six packs.
If six packs really are about 10 bucks in UT you are stupid (if you can polish a keg in 45 days - easier than it sounds if you don't live alone) not to go to WY.
Also first off before you do anything involving transport make sure you read your local transport laws and watch the film by the ACLU called 'BUSTED' very helpful in defusing police.
Also something I thought of you could tell the cops. Seing as how it is perfectly legal to transport through the state as long as it's not supposed to be consumed there.... 'XGROUP and I are headed down for a week long camping session in Northern Arizona. The closest place that sold X beer was flagstaff. This is perfectly believeable as long as you aren't talking about drinking budweiser. We thought it would be better to drive an extra 150 miles than an extra 300.' The cop really can't do anything. He's not going to escort you 500+ miles through Utah! Everything else is just variation on a theme.
People pay $50 to shop at Sams Club and get a 6% discount for buying in bulk. Why not pay $50 twice a year to get a 25% discount for doing the same thing? The math does pay out on driving to WY it's rather obvious. Also to the guy who talked about driving more than 4 blocks for a beer being that you needed recovery. If you really enjoy it, you will go to great lengths to get what you want... not just a random substitute. I haven't met too many alcoholics that have said - to hell with this OE 40 I want IPA. It's when I stop caring about my beer that I know I need help.
Also let it be said that I am 22, I am in college, and I do live with 3 other guys - it's not hard to go through a keg, at least for us.
