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Guinness Sales Flat in ... Ireland?

As international sales flourish, production will be cut back at home

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 12, 2008 4:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – Ireland still drinks a lot of beer—only the Czechs down more—and continues to chug a lot of Guinness. But in a cultural shift in the newly vibrant nation, sales of the national drink have steadily declined in recent years, as harried white-collar workers skip the pub on the way home, and foreign workers opt for a taste of home instead of “the black stuff,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

"Years ago, everybody drank Guinness," said a 36-year-old Dubliner. "But young people don't drink Guinness. We just drink Budweiser. Guinness is more of an old fellow's drink." But don’t start shedding tears for the stout yet: The multinational that owns the Dublin brewery stresses that while domestic production will be downsized, the global trend in sales “has been inextricably upwards.”

A pint of Guinness sits on a bar.
A pint of Guinness sits on a bar.   (KRT Photos)
Paul Walsh, left, CEO of Diageo and Brian Duffy, right, the Guinness Global Brand Director.
Paul Walsh, left, CEO of Diageo and Brian Duffy, right, the Guinness Global Brand Director.   (AP Photo)
The Guinness storehouse gates at the St James's Gate brewery.
The Guinness storehouse gates at the St James's Gate brewery.   (AP Photo)
A customer drinks a pint of Guinness, in the Gravity bar at the Guinness storehouse, Dublin.
A customer drinks a pint of Guinness, in the Gravity bar at the Guinness storehouse, Dublin.   (AP Photo)
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