When we go to Colorado, we rent a horse and throw most of our gear on the pack horse. Just never bothered bring any alcohol as I' m there to hunt and want to be totally focused on the hunt. I have packed into the Boundary Waters in Northern Minnesota and since there was a restriction on taking anything but plastic, we bought Smirnoff travel bottles and cherry coolaid mix which was pretty damn good and didn' t take up the space or weight that beer would' ve. Kind of lost my taste for alcohol after a bad car accident that I was a passenger in. Not against it but I just enjoy a clear mind too much at this point.