US Irish pubs defiant over Guinness boycott

A dispute between several of Philadelphia’s Irish pubs and the Guinness Bass Import Co is continuing more than a year after the bar owners halted sales of Guinness-brand beer.

While the silky, dark brew flowed abundantly at an Ireland Chamber of Commerce luncheon for Guinness’ president of North American operations, taps in several of the city’s most popular pubs carried Murphy’s and Beamish Stout.