{"id":16417,"date":"2026-06-19T18:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16417"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:32:19","slug":"scotlands-tartan-army-sends-message-to-boston-bars-that-have-run-dry-be-more-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16417","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s Tartan Army sends message to Boston bars that have run dry: \u2018Be more prepared\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON \u2014 As Scotland returns to the field at Boston Stadium in Foxboro, the Tartan Army is ready for round two, sending a playful message to restaurants and bars that have run out of beer: \u201cBe more prepared.\u201d<\/p>

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Scotland fans just arriving in Boston for their country\u2019s match against Morocco on Friday say they are not surprised that the Tartan Army ran beer lines at some of the city\u2019s busiest bars completely dry last weekend, forcing emergency deliveries.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should be more prepared for us coming,\u201d Scottish fan John Collins told the Herald atop the Sam Adams\u2019 Taproom roofdeck at Faneuil Hall. \u201cPreparation is key.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Adams is ready for Friday\u2019s challenge, coming as the federal Juneteenth holiday converges with the U.S. versus Australia match at 3 p.m. ET, to be followed by Scotland\u2019s second tilt of the tournament in Foxboro.<\/p>\n

The first week of the World Cup has sparked \u201cunprecedented\u201d demand at the Taproom, according to assistant taproom manager Sam LeBlanc, greeted by a strong crowd of Scottish fans when he opened the establishment\u2019s doors at 11 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

Sam Adams ran out of Boston Lager three days in a row, last Friday through Sunday, LeBlanc told the Herald. He added that the Taproom added an extra 12 kegs on Saturday after going dry on Friday, but it did not survive.<\/p>\n

The same story played out by 7 p.m. Sunday. The Taproom pivoted to selling an exclusive beer, \u201cMarket Lager,\u201d a Vienna lager, similar to the Boston Lager, but it didn\u2019t slow down the Tartan Army\u2019s drinking.<\/p>\n

That forced the Taproom to call for emergency deliveries from the Sam Adams brewery in Jamaica Plain, LeBlanc said.<\/p>

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\u201cWe just did not understand the voracious appetite that the FIFA fans have for Boston Lager,\u201d he said, laughing.<\/p>

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Heading into Friday, LeBlanc confidently vowed, \u201cWe will not run out.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a Jamaica Plain brewer visited the Taproom, filling two of the establishment\u2019s 10-hectoliter tanks, containing about 16 kegs each, with Boston Lager.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are learning day to day,\u201d LeBlanc said. \u201cBusiness has been fantastic during games, but on Scotland gamedays, it is all day; it is an all-day affair. That\u2019s what we are expecting and ready for.\u201d<\/p>

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Collins, who had just flown into Boston late Wednesday night, and his friends hung out at Sam Adams early Thursday, around 11:30 a.m. He described Scottish soccer, or football, culture as similar to how Americans watch sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople sit around enjoying alcoholic drinks,\u201d Collins said, \u201cand the football is second.\u201d<\/p>\n