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Guinness beer heist worth $155,000 gives police plenty to mull
British authorities seek stout and trailers with a combined value of more than $200,000
A pint of Guinness beer being poured in Bellows Falls, Vt. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via Associated Press, File)
Key Takeaways:
- British police said two trailer loads containing 70,000 pints of Guinness were stolen Aug. 31 from an industrial park near Liverpool.
- The beer was valued at 115,000 pounds ($155,000), while the stolen trailers were worth an estimated 50,000 pounds ($67,000).
- Cheshire police said they would settle for nothing less than recovering all stolen items after two drivers hauled away about 800 barrels.
LONDON — British police have a stout task ahead: recovering 70,000 pints worth of stolen Guinness.
Two trailer truckloads of the famously creamy dark beer valued at 115,000 pounds ($155,000) were stolen from a depot near Liverpool in northwest England, the Cheshire Constabulary said Sept. 3.
“It is famously said that ‘Guinness is good for you,’ but that is only the case when it has been bought and paid for," Det. Sgt. Gary McClatchy said. “We will settle for nothing less than the full recovery of all the items stolen."
The Guinness had been destined for pubs but was snatched the night of Aug. 31 by two drivers who pulled up to an industrial park in Runcorn and hauled away the trailers containing about 800 barrels of stout.
The value of the trailers was estimated at 50,000 pounds ($67,000).
The theft comes just weeks after a beer heist in the United States captured the public's attention because of the brewer's cheeky social media posts about the loss of roughly 34,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
“To the thief: we don’t fault you for wanting to brag to your friends how much PBR you have, we just wish you obtained it the honorable way,” the company wrote on Instagram. “P.s. this is real and we are deadly serious.”
Police valued the Pabst theft from a Southern California warehouse at $70,000, and the company is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the stolen suds.
