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Stout Wholesale

Stout demand is concentrated but durable, and the export-strength specification is what most long-haul markets actually want.

About Stout in international trade

Traditional copper brewing kettles in a brewhouse
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Guinness dominates the category internationally, and the distinction between its two principal specifications is the single most important thing to get right. Guinness Draught at around 4.2% ABV uses a nitrogen widget to reproduce the draught pour and sells into European and Western markets. Foreign Extra Stout at around 7.5% ABV was formulated to survive long shipping routes and is the version demanded in West Africa, the Caribbean and parts of South-East Asia.

An inquiry for "Guinness" without a specification cannot be quoted accurately: availability, production origin and landed cost differ substantially between them, and higher-strength stout attracts higher excise duty in most destinations. State the specification, and where your market requires it, the production origin.

Milled grain pouring from a mill into a vessel. Illustrative photograph, not a photograph of Guinness.

Guinness

Ireland

Irish Dry Stout · 4.2% ABV

Available formats

  • 330 ml bottle
  • 440 ml can

Pack

24 units / case

Supply

Pallet · Mixed container · FCL

Warehouse
Rotterdam
Product availability is subject to stock, destination, packaging specification, applicable trademark rights and territorial distribution restrictions.