When do pubs open indoors?

Pubs have reopened in England and Brits drink more beer than brewers can handle and now pubs need more beer.  After months of lockdown on 12 April, England has decided to reopen the outdoor service and for now only 40% of the 37,500 bars have enough space to stay open, but the British have taken the opportunity to go out with their family or friends to have a beer and get together up to a maximum of 6 people per table, beer sales in pubs in the first week of reopening have exceeded those of the same 7 days in 2019 by 12% and the pubs are running out of some beers at  due to brewing giants underestimating the level of demand with post covid reopening.  many beer giants including the Heineken including Heineken who says, “We are working hard on a solution to meet the demand, all of our breweries are working at full capacity and we are ready to import.” So famous brands are working on a solution to import as much as possible, Budweiser, which produces Stella Artois and Camden Hells, has increased production and small craft brewers are struggling to find labor.  “We didn’t think we had to go back to full production so quickly,” said Evin O’Riordain, founder of Kernel Brewery in London. While business managers are concerned about May 17, when it will be possible to seat customers inside the pubs even if with the arrival of the  fortunately summer a recovery in tourism is expected.

Chiara Lucchinetti 3BL