Trouble Is Brewing for Guinness After Brexit
Almost every bottle and can crosses the U.K.’s only land border with the EU and reveals a logistical nightmare ahead.
Freshly poured Guinness stout
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Guinness, the most iconic of Irish exports, shows the potential cost of the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union.
Brewed at St. James’s Gate near the River Liffey in Dublin since the mid 18th century, what’s in almost every bottle and can of the stout crosses the border from Ireland to the U.K. twice before reaching beer drinkers.