Prob a bit of PR too as I’m sure Guiness are opening a factory and bar in Covent Garden next year. But agree I can imagine the impact of the Devonshire has resulted in every trendy cunt in London deciding to drink some Guiness
Guinness Shortage
elrobertos Is Guinness suddenly a thing? Did it ever go out of fashion?
Loads of people in the North West drink Guinness, not sure they are ‘try-hards’.
Maybe that’s because of the massive Irish community in Liverpool, Manchester and Preston but surely London has the same
bosstrabs Its always been reasonably popular in London.
bosstrabs It’s become much more of a thing recently, yes. Influencers, mostly. Urgh.
https://www.raconteur.net/economy-trends/how-guinness-became-uks-favourite-pint
What is Ireland’s greatest export, Guinness or potatoes?
bosstrabs And to my point on The Devonshire’s effect on the black stuff:
https://www.esquire.com/uk/food-drink/a61826917/the-devonshire-pub/
Along_the_Wire Indeed. It’s now the best-selling pint in the UK
It is a tremendous battle cruiser The Dev.
Food is absolutely mustard.
Smallman1 So I’m told. Impossible to get a table there this side of March though…
OLB’s top tip?
Try and book a table on the shoulder as they say, between the 3 and 5pm mark.
You’re welcome!
My other top tip?
Get the lamb hot pot and duck fat chips.
You’re welcome!
The beef cheek and guinness suet pudding is also tremenballs.
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Smallman1 What is Ireland’s greatest export, Guinness or potatoes?
Potatoes originated in Peru, Ed.
We all know Irish people are Ireland’s greatest export. You’re welcome world. 
elrobertos nobody reads Esquire mate