Alisha Randig, owner of Texas Hill Country Events, started booking traveling beer burros through her business located in Dripping Springs, carrying beverages, party favors, and food to guests while they attended local soirées. Although it was a concept that Randig didn’t originally plan for, it quickly became practically a requisite at some of the Hill Country events she organized and catered to. Since then, her company has gone from the basic provision of bartenders to training them on how to lead the beer-toting burros throughout event venues.
After a special request was made by a barbecue location in the Texas Hill Country, handlers at the Randig’s company quickly began learning how to load miniature donkeys’ pack-saddles with bundles of beer. When she found two of these animals via a Craigslist advertisement, it made sense to enlist their services regularly at event venues as opposed to a one-time deal. Their names were Annie Oakley and John Wayne, and from their first time out, the requests came pouring in.
