Some Irish pubs in Great Britain have told the BBC they ran out of Guinness this week, after limits were imposed on supply in the run up to Christmas.
The Liffey in Liverpool, where Guinness is usually the top seller, says it has been without the alcoholic drink since Wednesday.
It is one of several pubs to tell the BBC they have run dry in recent days, with some managing to restore supplies but uncertain of how long stocks will last.
Guinness’s owner Diageo announced last week that it was limiting how much pubs can buy because of “exceptional consumer demand” in Great Britain.
The limits only apply to pubs in England, Wales and Scotland, not Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Steven Crosbie, landlord of Irish-themed pub the Liffey, said “it’s just a bit of a shambles at the moment and killing me off”.
He usually gets 12 lots of 50-litre barrels a week from his main distributor, but said that last week he was told he could…
