Pubs in the UK fear that they may be running out of Guinness and in some cases are even rationing pints of the famous black beer.

If this keeps up, there really will be panic in the streets of London. The famous Irish brew is as popular in England as it is in Ireland. There is a constant demand for the product and anyone who has spent time in England can tell you that the English love their drink.

Luckily, the shortage has not been an issue in Ireland. If they ever started to run short of Guinness, it’d likely be an international incident.

The Independent UK reports:

Guinness stocks run dry as pubs forced to ration pints

Pubs across the UK are having to ration pints of Guinness amid a national shortage of the iconic Irish stout ahead of Christmas.

Establishments have been panic buying the beverage in the hope they don’t run dry over the festive period, as some say they have already run out of stock completely.

Pubs such as the Old Ivy House, in Clerkenwell, London, introduced rationing rules last week to preserve their stock – but still found themselves short of supply.

The landlady Katie Davidson told The Times that they had issued cards to customers allowing them to purchase one pint of the black stuff – but only once they had bought two other drinks first.

“I normally make sure I have seven barrels per week and I would up that in the run-up to Christmas,” she told the paper. “But I was restricted to only four [by our brewery]. So on Wednesday, when I got my order, we only had half a barrel left in the cellar at the busiest time of the year. And we’d run out by 10pm on Friday night.”

Here’s a video report:

VIDEO: At her London pub, landlady Kate Davidson has taken to issuing Guinness ration cards, due to a shortage of Ireland’s national drink.

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What a sad state of affairs for our British friends. Hopefully, they’ll solve this problem quickly.

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