BrewDog suffers Barnard Castle Eye Test website woes

BrewDog has fixed website issues after “huge demand” for a new beer sent it into a spin this week.

Available for pre-order, the beverage in question is called Barnard Castle Eye Test.

Taking a swing at government adviser Dominic Cummings and his controversial trip from London to Durham and back again during the coronavirus lockdown, it’s pitched as a “short sighted beer for tall stories. Our New England, Old School IPA is locked down and loaded. Dry-hopped for a juicy hit with pineapple, mango and hint of zesty lime”.

Delightful stuff, unlike the man it’s inspired by. All profits will go to funding BrewDog’s production of free sanitiser for the NHS and health care charities. RTIH has already put an order in.

Truth twisters

The COO of BrewDog recently gave the thumbs up to a civil service tweet that slammed the government for refusing to sack Cummings.

After Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to quell public outrage, the @UKCivilService Twitter account, which has just over 250,000 followers, announced: “Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?”

The message was shared tens of thousands of times before it was deleted.

”Free Punk IPA and chicken wings for life in @BrewDog bars, for the civil service employee who sent this tweet,” said BrewDog’s David McDowall.

Amen to that…