Some pubs in England said they have run out of pints of the black stuff after Diageo announced weeks ago that Guinness supplies to England, Scotland and Wales would be limited. The drinks multinational said this was due to a surge in demand, fuelled by the stout becoming popular among young people and women in recent years. Irish people also reckon it is more popular abroad due to the success of Irish artists on the world stage.
In Kehoes pub in Dublin city, people drank pints while catching up or taking a break from their Christmas shopping. Dubliners Terry Bailey and John O’Brien said that Guinness was not as popular among younger people and women when they started drinking. “It’s the fashion now,” Mr Bailey said.
“Once the Guinness doesn’t stop flowing here, that’s the main thing.” Katie Fleming, 25, said it was a “go to” for herself and her friends. “We all were drinking Heineken, and one day it all switched, everyone was drinking Guinness,” she told the PA news agency.
She said she was surprised to see how popular it is in England. “We were in London a couple of weeks ago and they don’t pour Guinness the same way we do, it doesn’t taste the same at all, but even then we were still drinking Guinness over there and people around us were drinking it. “I haven’t been to the UK in so long and, seeing that, I was kind of shocked.
I didn’t think it was as popular.” Asked about Diageo’s decision to limit supplies to Wales, England and Scot.