"Beer distributors and the industry in general (soft drinks are not immune to this problem either) are experiencing can shortages due partly to impulse buying at the beginning of the pandemic," emails Yonushonis. "Simply put, the larger suppliers like Molson Coors TAP were not ready for this shift but have been doing everything in their power to keep us in stock. Unfortunately for wholesalers the demand has just outstripped the supply and there are some fairly major outages of canned beer across the network."