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According to Mr van den Oort his delivery is stuck at the border because of the recent influx of post-Brexit customs paperwork. If we don t get our stock within the next two or three weeks we re going to have to close up, he said. It s that bad.
Mr van den Oort says that 85% of his business comes from selling Belgian beers but now his stock is running low. I m packing the last few bottles at the moment. My stock is completely gone. I m trying to fill the gap with other beers from local breweries but obviously people still want the variety and the choice.
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Mr van den Oort said this is not the first time Belgian beers have been popular. I saw it happen in the 80s when Belgian trappist ales became really popular right across Europe, he said.
Mr van den Oort says Belgian beers are becoming more popular again.
- Credit: Beautiful Beers It peaked again in the 2000s and then it came down again around 2012. And now it s going back up. It seems to go in ten or 12 year cycles.
Fergus Fitzgerald, head brewer at Adnams, has also seen the decline in the popularity of American beers.
But he believes there could a rise in the popularity of another American export.
Crowds descended on Westgate Street in Ipswich on the last weekend before Christmas.
- Credit: DANIELLE BOODEN
Shops reported a really busy final weekend of trading before Christmas - although some found their stores less packed than they might have been, as people adhered to coronavirus restrictions.
The last weekend before Christmas coincided with prime minister Boris Johnson s announcement of stricter rules over the festive period.
Fiona Coe, marketing manager for independent retailer Coes, in Norwich Road, Ipswich, felt the announcement led to a quieter Sunday of trading.
Fiona Coe, marketing manager at Coes
- Credit: Charlotte Bond Yesterday was a relatively good day – people in getting a few last minute things, Mrs Coe said on Sunday.