Pub chain with 63 sites giving away FREE beer and £1 pints with easy 2-minute move
CHEERS Pub chain with 63 sites giving away FREE beer and £1 pints with easy 2-minute move
A HUGE pub chain is handing out free beer and £1 pints with one simple step.
The brewery will be dishing out the drink of your choice across the majority of its UK sites.
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BrewDog is offering free beer and £1 pints
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The promotion will run across the majority of its UK sites
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The limited offer runs in most BrewDog bars from July 31 to August 8.
The popular beer joint will be handing out the free booze in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen to celebrate Beer Nation.
The festival is launching this summer and hopes to bring the popular brew into "as many hands as possible".
Celebrating all things beer, the event will serve litres of free beer and pints for as little as £1.
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To claim this offer, customers just need to sign up online via the company's website.
In bars outside of England, pints will be sold for £1.59 to meet legal requirements.
The festivities will include a wide range of brews too - from the much-loved Punk IPA to a classic Lost Lager or Hazy Jane.
Waterloo, Waterloo Arms, Huddersfield, Hull, Bradford, Upminster, Edinburgh Airport, Gatwick Airport, and Edinburgh are not taking part in the deal.
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The same goes for any Manchester bar on 6 August.
Lauren Carrol, Chief Operating Officer at BrewDog, said: 'Beer Nation is about sharing what we do best – delicious fresh beer - with the people who love it.
"Whether you're grabbing a pint in the bar or grabbing a free can from one of the cities, we want everyone to be part of it.
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"This summer, raise a glass and join the movement – Beer Nation is coming!'
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BrewDog was founded in 2007 by James Watt and Martin Dickie.
It bulldozed its way into the beer scene, flipping two fingers to the lager giants and slapping 'anti-establishment' on every can.
In 2024, Watt stepped down from his CEO role after 17 years in the hot seat.
He passed the baton to chief operating officer James Arrow as the "business pushed forward into its next phase of growth".
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Arrow later stepped down from the hefty role due, citing "personal reasons".
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