When you go camping in areas where there are bears, you need to take precautions to protect your food. Like hanging it in a tree, for instance.

Apparently, you also need to protect your beer as well.

At a campground about 80 miles northeast of Seattle, a black bear got into someone’s beer and downed three dozen cans.

BBC News: Boozy bear plunders campers’ beer

The bear also apparently is a bit of an enthusiast.

Fish and wildlife enforcement Sgt Bill Heinck said the bear tried one can of Busch and ignored the rest – then got stuck into three dozen cans of Rainier.

To capture the bear, the rangers used a trap of doughnuts, honey, and, of course, some more Rainier beer.

This seems an appropriate time to tell you my favorite bear joke:

How do you tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly bear?

If you climb a tree to escape the bear, and the bear climbs the tree and eats you, it’s a black bear. If it knocks the tree down and eats you, it’s a grizzly bear.