Guinness Drought

[Beebo]

The pub I was in last night had no Guinness, and the bar where my daughter works has started rationing it at certain times.
They have been told they will only be getting a delivery 2 barrels for the next few weeks, and can usually go through 7-10 barrels per week.

Anyone else seen a lack of the black stuff.

The press are saying that guinness consumption has risen rapidly and the brewery can’t keep up, as people move away from bland lager. But someone at Guinness has dropped the ball here. They must be losing millions.

There is no alternative either, in most pubs. I suspect Murphys and London Black will sell a few more pints.

 

[craigwend]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2v5z0wvwzo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce90gl397evo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzwxw4y18o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ewqx53q8do

 

[Vantage]

Asda ran out when I did my online shop. I ended up buying a load from Amazon instead.
It's almost impossible to get hold of the 538ml cans.
All you English twerps should keep drinking that Newcastle brown ale shite and leave the real beer to us Irishmen.

 

[Drago]

I used to love Guinness but I've become an IPA man of late, so there should be at least 10,000 extra barrels of Guinness free each year now I've moved on.

 

[Brandane]

All you English twerps should keep drinking that Newcastle brown ale shite and leave the real beer to us Irishmen.

As a long standing Guinness drinker, can us Scots be included in the "leave the real beer to us...." bit?
It's good that people are finally waking up to the fact that lager is tasteless, fizzy pish. But not so good that there is now a shortage. Just in time for Christmas, too. That's my traditional gift to my nephew in jeopardy.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Probably get shot down in flames on a thread about Guinness, but if I'm driving and limit the amount of alcohol I drink I will buy a can or two of the Guinness zero alcohol. One of the better zero beers imo.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Plenty of decent stouts still available 👍

 

[fossyant]

Plenty of decent stouts still available 👍

This, our local micro pub has some fantastic cask stouts

 

[cyberknight]

I will just stick to the single malt whiskey ta

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Beebo]

Probably get shot down in flames on a thread about Guinness, but if I'm driving and limit the amount of alcohol I drink I will buy a can or two of the Guinness zero alcohol. One of the better zero beers imo.

It’s fantastic stuff.
The best non alcoholic beer in my opinion.
A little trick we use at my rugby club is to buy the 0% 440ml can, pour it into the glass, then top up the last inch with real Guinness.
This gives an almost perfect pint which is less than 1% alcohol.

 

[Paulus]

There are many fine Porters being brewed.
Titanic plum porter especially and they also do a cherry porter.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I drank an Irish pub in Majorca dry of Guinness a number of years ago. Only two of us in the pub and I was the only one drinking the stuff. Mind you I only had two pints and that was the end of their stock 😂.

 

[figbat]

My nearest pub is boasting on the socials about having a glut of Guinness. They also have Old Peculiar on, which is my preference.

 

[fossyant]

There is Guinness in the pub I'm in now. Watching the Manchester Derby. More entertaining with the players' dramatics