Beer-lovers, prepare for a stampede - BrewDog is giving away A MILLION free pints of its Punk IPA.

The maverick Scottish brewery has launched what it claims will be the world's biggest ever beer sampling campaign, pouring enough free pints to fill more than 7,000 bathtubs over the next four weeks.

Punk IPA has been the best-selling craft beer in the UK for the last three years and BrewDog predicts the hoppy India Pale Ale style of beer will overtake lager as the UK's favourite in the next 10 years.

To claim one of the million pints, drinkers need to enter their details on BrewDog's website in return for a beer token.

It can be cashed in at any of BrewDog's 50 bars around the world, including its Manchester branch on Peter Street. The codes can also be used to claim a free bottle of Punk IPA with any order from BrewDog’s online shop.

Brewdog is giving away a million pints of its Punk IPA

BrewDog co-founder James Watt said: "We’re in the midst of what will be a seismic change in beer drinking habits in the UK. The rise of IPA shows no signs of slowing down. This is a welcome sign that more people are open to beer that is full of flavour and character, and not just insipid, artificially flavoured offerings or faux-craft fraudsters.

"The millions of people around the UK who call Punk IPA their favourite beer cannot be wrong, that’s why we’re certain a million more will join them after experiencing their first pint of Punk."

In just over a decade, the company has grown from two men and a dog home brewing in a garage in Aberdeen, to employing almost 1,000 people around the world and shipping the equivalent of 65 million bottles of beer to more than 60 countries annually, powered by crowdfunding initiative, Equity for Punks.

BrewDog Manchester

Further expansion plans include the opening of 15 more craft beer bars in the UK, building new breweries in Australia and China, increasing production capacity in the UK and creating a dedicated craft beer TV network.

James added: "Over the past 10 years, we’ve helped turn craft beer from a curiosity into a force to be reckoned with. We’ve propelled the movement alongside many breweries that share a similar mission. We’ve been fuelled by the passion of an army of fans that were fed up with the status quo. Today, we declare a new front in the battle for good beer.”

The free beer tokens can be claimed from today until April 30, excluding Fridays and Saturdays.

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