The Croucher Brewing Co. in Rotorua, New Zealand is offering a lifetime supply of free beer for the return of a laptop that was stolen from the business last week. The brewer states that the actual laptop was not special and the data was of no great value to anyone but the company, and they would like it back. The theft was a result of “Opportunistic kids and a flimsy padlock”, said co-owner Paul Croucher.

“We’d love it back. We’re at such a critical stage in our little business that every hit like that is quite big,” he said.

As much publicity as this news is getting, this stolen laptop could turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to the small brewer. The bounty for the return of the laptop is a twelve-pack of the Crocher Brewing beers every month for the rest of your life. Did you hear that? THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Croucher estimated that this would likely end up to be a $19,500 value.

We get quite a few readers from New Zealand here at the ‘Brick so if you know the whereabouts of this stolen laptop we think you should very strongly consider turning it in and be sure to tell them that SlipperyBrick sent you!

via AP