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Nanny State beer is weakest ever

A Scottish brewer criticised for making Britain’s strongest beer is fighting back by launching the weakest - and calling it Nanny State.

BrewDog admits it launched the 1.1% alcohol ale in response to the outcry caused after launching ‘Tokyo’, which has an 18.2% alcohol content.

Health experts said such a high-alcohol percentage could cause as much damage as drinking to excess as one 330ml contains twice the recommended daily alcohol limit.

The new beer, on the other hand, has such a low-alcohol content that the Government does not class it as a beer and it is not subject to beer duty.

BrewDog founder James Watt wrote on his blog: “If logic serves, the same people who witch-hunted and publicly slated us should now offer us heartfelt support and public congratulations. However I fear that this, unfortunately, is an arena devoid of logic and reason.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .