Thief makes off with 180 Guinness kegs

Thief makes off with 180 Guinness kegs

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A thief made off with 180 kegs of Guinness beer after smoothly driving into the Dublin brewery which makes the black stout and snatching a trailer load of drink, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday at the Guinness brewery on the banks of Dublin's River Liffey where Ireland's trademark tipple has been brewed for almost 250 years.

The lone raider's haul also contained 180 kegs of Budweiser and 90 barrels of Carlsberg lager, police said.

"A man drove into the yard in a truck and took a trailer containing the drink which has an estimated value of 64,000 euros (46.000 pounds)," a police spokesman said.
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That man is living the dream.

That's 95,000 dollars American. That's um....a whole lotta beer....anyone have an estimate how long it might take a single person to drink that much beer?

I think HECk Dave and Dekka and Grant could polish it off in a weekend

180 kegs... that is a fancy problem. Me and my buddies can do 2 kegs in a few hours. I know the peeps here would make up some time. It would be a chore, but one I want to tackle.

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You can do it! :drunk:

Like the cut of your jib sailor. I always wonder how many beers I could drink in one night if I counted. That's some really heavy dice to roll though.

I know I'm good for an 18'er of light, but once I start mixing it's a crap shoot; sometimes literally.

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Guinness is heavy stuff, we could have some trouble with that.

Good point. Especially Guiness from Irleand. The stuff we have here is water in comparison. I know a guy from England, he laughs at our Guiness. Meanwhile I'm sipping on it like a milkshake. Had a buddy who went to Ireland, said a few pints and he would be good. And this is a guy who stands toe-to-toe with me in drinking.

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Those Irish, they really like to drink.



***Whidden is slam full of racial stereotypes, just ask him!***

I am part Irish and I take offensive and wish you would stop spreading hate.

On an unrelated note, I can't wait to go home, drink a beer and eat some potatoes.

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