FOX: Millions of gallons of beer stuck in stadiums, concert halls, restaurants and bars are fast going stale, leaving the beer industry with a tricky problem: What to do with all that booze nobody will ever drink?
The coronavirus pandemic forced U.S. bars to close ahead of two of the country’s biggest drinking occasions: St Patrick’s Day and the “March Madness” basketball tournament. Beer intended for those events is now spoiling in locked establishments, and brewers are trying to get it back so kegs can be refilled before lockdowns lift. Executives say draft beer typically stays fresh for between two and six months.
“This was the absolute worst time for this to happen for draft beer,” said Craig Purser, chief executive of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, a trade body. “We have never ever seen an interruption like this where everything freezes in place.” read more
May be saved by CINCO DE MAYO!!!
THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!!!
Tell the mohammadmen it’s a new kind of holy camel piss.
I’ll have a bottle of beer, thank you!
This is spot on. I got a keg of Smithwicks and a keg of Harp in for St. Patrick’s Day. They are sitting in my walk-in begging to be consumed. I am now allowed to sell adult beverages to go so if you are in the San Diego area stop in and I’ll fill your 64oz growler for $12. I figure I have maybe another 2 weeks before I’ll have to dump them.
I also have a bunch of other beer (kegs and bottles) that will expire at some point. Thousands of dollars of product down the drain. Anybody want to buy a bar & grill?
Hmm…
Mojo56 @
You have good taste my man.
Considering that they are probably getting Tax Payer bailout money, They should give a YUGE price break to sell it.
If it’s Bud lite though, just pour it in the sewer and skip the middleman.
Put it in cans and write “Billy Beer” on em.
That’s gotta be what that piss was.
izlamo delenda est …
May be your Governor will buy it.
Give me a ride there and a ride back with a flat fee for all I can drink and I’ll do my part to ameliorate some of those losses.
Good thing bourbon just gets better
It’s time to put one of those “out of beer” signs in our windows.
Random thought – is Tuborg Gold even around? I remember the commercials from my youth.