What happens when the beer arrives before you do?

I can think of a number of things that could happen. Most of them resulting in no beer for you! We've had some extra steps to do this year. We have to notify the airline when we are shipping beer - no biggie, but they don't seem to have any control over when they actually ship the stuff. A few days ago, they shipped a bunch of beer on an early flight, after I asked them to send it on the later flight. The airport we land at is next to a dry reserve - where no alcohol is allowed. When no one was there to claim the beer (although we would have had MANY volunteers) the band constable put it in the jail. Good thing we have a good working relationship with the band - didn't cost us too much to get the beer out and we were able to take it to the lodge with no further problems.

No wonder beer is so expensive in the north...the original price of the beer, driving the beer to the airport, bagging and labelling the beer so it's "in disguise", the flight to ship the beer (which is $1.41 pound), the truck ride from the airport to the boat, the 20 mile boat ride to the lodge, and last of all - it gets carried or taken in a trailer up to the lodge. What a trip for a little 'ol can of beer. I think we should charge more - it's a well travelled can of beer by the time it gets put in the cooler at the lodge. I don't even like the stuff.