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BrewDog Launches Pink IPA 'Beer For Girls'

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BrewDog Launches Pink IPA 'Beer For Girls'

Craft-beer maker BrewDog has announced that it is launching a new 'Pink IPA' ahead of International Women's Day.

The brewer says that the beer is part of a campaign calling for the closure of the gender pay gap in the UK and around the world, and to 'expose sexist marketing to women, particularly within the beer industry'.

It describes the new 'Beer for Girls' as an 'overt parody on the failed, tone-deaf campaigns' that other brands have used in order to attract women.

The bottle contains BrewDog's classic Punk IPA, but is packaged differently in an effort to highlight gender imbalance.

Additionally, 20% of the proceeds from Punk IPA and Pink IPA sold over the next four weeks will be donated to charities that fight inequality and support women, including the Women's Engineering Society in the UK, and 9to5 in the US.

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Although BrewDog has stressed that this is a satirical campaign to raise awareness of inequality, Pink IPA has faced some criticism, with many online describing the move as a marketing stunt.

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In a similar move, Diageo recently announced that it is rolling out a 'female version' of its Johnnie Waker scotch, named Jane Walker.

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