Were both drinks, the Smoking Bishop and the Mickey Slim, popular in different countries?
Smoking Bishop Smoking Bishop is a type of mulled wine, punch or wassail. It was especially popular in Victorian England at Christmas time and it appears in Dickens' story "A Christmas Carol".
A Pub with No Beer "A Pub With No Beer" is the title of a humorous country song made famous by country singers Slim Dusty (in Australia and the United States) and Bobbejaan Schoepen (in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria).