Brewdog produces worlds first "transgender" beer!

[Laphroaig]

Make of this whatever you like, personally I think I'll give it a miss...



Scottish craft beer maker BrewDog is calling its newest beverage the world’s first “non-binary, transgender beer.”

The beer is called “No Label” and is brewed with Jester hops, which BrewDog say naturally change sex during growth. Generally only female hops are used in the brewing process because male hops don’t flower properly. But according to BrewDog, the gender-transforming Jester hops allow male flowers to grow, adding “diversity” to brewing and preventing waste.

Profits of No Label will go to Queerest of the Queer, a London-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organization, which will in turn donate them to various charities that support transgender youth communities. BrewDog writes on its website, “We have used these [hops] to emphasize that, just like humans, beer can be whatever the hell it wants to be, and proud of it.”

But not all LGBT activists are on board with the campaign. A spokesperson for London-based rights group Stonewall explained to the Independent that it’s misleading, and that although the “No Label” concept is encouraging, “many trans people do not transition, or identify with binary genders, and BrewDog’s language undermines that.”

https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/blog/no-label

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...-a6721076.html

http://fortune.com/2015/11/06/brewdog-transgender-beer/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/clau...b_8487040.html

[BellaBellucci]

And I here I thought that we made some technological advancement in crop cross-pollenization.

*goes back to doll mode*

~BB~

[sockratees]

k...

[sukumvit boy]

Yup , Brewdog doo'n some crazy shit wid beer , lol.

[Laphroaig]

Yup , Brewdog doo'n some crazy shit wid beer , lol.

Yep, in the past they've expended a lot of effort producing the "worlds strongest beers", mostly as publicity stunts. That's why I'm a tad cynical that this one is little more than a marketing gimmick rather than an attempt to brew a serious beer.

[sukumvit boy]

Yep, in the past they've expended a lot of effort producing the "worlds strongest beers", mostly as publicity stunts. That's why I'm a tad cynical that this one is little more than a marketing gimmick rather than an attempt to brew a serious beer.

Right , I remember their 'Ice Beer' stunt to produce the strongest beer several years back . ( For those of you who are not craft beer geeks like myself and Laphroaig , way back in time beer makers discovered freeze distillation when their barrels of beer got frozen and when they tried to salvage the part that was left they had stronger beer. )

[cassieukts]

I prefer Innis and Gunn

[Laphroaig]

I prefer Innis and Gunn

So do I. I knew there was (another) reason I like you Cassie ...

[cassieukts]

Oh what is the other thing? Lol

So do I. I knew there was (another) reason I like you Cassie ...

[Laphroaig]

Oh what is the other thing? Lol

Your avatar picture......

(Which you'll now probably change...)