Beer Bandit Makes Off With 450 Kegs!

Police in Dublin are looking for a man who apparently drove, alone, straight into the Guinness brewery and hitched his truck to a fully loaded trailer awaiting delivery to city pubs.

The trailer he stole contained 180 kegs of Guinness stout, 180 kegs of U.S. lager Budweiser and 90 kegs of Danish beer Carlsberg. Guinness brews both of those foreign brands under license for sale in Ireland.

Each keg holds about 88 British-sized pints, which are 20 ounces each. The total theft involves 39,600 pints with a retail value exceeding $235,000.

Official spokesmen say that the brewery had never suffered such a large-scale theft before in its 248-year history.

In the past, the outlawed Irish Republican Army and other gangs have hijacked truck shipments of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes for resale in pubs run by sympathizers or friends. But those raids typically happen in rural areas, never in the center of Dublin.

The Republic of Ireland, a country of 4.2 million, has more than 10,000 pubs and bars. The Guinness brewery in Dublin is the biggest supplier, producing more than 5 million kegs annually.

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