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."