Beer-drinking pig
The Pub In the Paddock at Pyengana in north-east Tasmania has a new tourist drawcard.
The pub is world-famous for its beer-drinking pig named Priscilla, who can scull a watered-down stubby in seven seconds.
Priscilla is getting old, so a mischievous successor, Priscilla Babe, is being trained as a replacement.
Tourists from all over the world travel to Pyengana just to buy Priscilla a beer.
Owner Anne Free says it is crucial that she has a successor to keep her memory alive.
“I had a woman from Texas recently and she was so excited, she said, ‘is this the pub with the beer drinking pig?’,” she said.
“I said ‘yes’, she said … ‘I saw her on TV back home’.”
Ms Free says training a pig to drink beer is not easy.
“Most pigs will drink beer, but you do have to train them to drink out of a bottle,” she said.
“It did take her a while to get the taste, she sort of played with the bottle and still does play with the bottle, she’s not the expert [that] Priscilla is.”
