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BrewDog have cancelled a week-long partnership with US brewery Scofflaw after a row emerged over a press release promising free beer for Trump supporters.

A press release sent to the Standard earlier today said that "self confessed trailer trash brewers" would get the UK "beered up redneck style completely free of charge," adding: "there is a hook...you have to be a Trump supporter."

Following the release and a backlash on Twitter, Brewdog tweeted, “The Scofflaw release was announced without our knowledge or consent.

“We are in no way aligned with their position and we will of course be cancelling all the events and sending all of the beer back.

“We care about beer and people. Not hate.”

A further Tweet from the brewers said that following the "fake news", they would be running "a very real promotion today."

However, some Twitter users didn't take kindly to the leaked announcement.

The Brewdog and Scofflaw takeover events were due to take place at Brewdog bars throughout the UK, including sites in Shoreditch, Soho, Manchester and Leeds, from September 29 - October 6.

The release also stated that Scofflaw's 7.5 per cent ABV Basement IPA, POG Basement IPA, 10.5 per cent Double POG Vanilla Absentium and the 13.9 per cent ABV imperial stout would be on offer during the events.

Responding to the Standard's request for comment, BrewDog said in a statement: "Today we were the victim of Fake News, with Scofflaw falsely promoting an offer for Trump supporters in our bars that we had no idea about.

"We’d like to again categorically confirm we did not know of, endorse or approve this promotion and as a result we’ll be sending all the Scofflaw beer from our bars back to the US. We had planned to stock their beers in our bars, and hold collaborative tasting events, but nobody ever mentioned anything about Trump to us.

"We will also offer that free beer they promised, but this time it will be Punk IPA (or any of our other headliners) to anyone who shows up to our bars in the name of love not hate. All you need to do is tell the bar staff at any UK BrewDog bar, BrewDog Brussels or BrewDog Berlin Mitte you’re a lover not a hater, and we’ll pour you a free pint."

Scofflaw also responded to the Standard's request for comment, saying in a statement: "We’re unfortunately still trying to figure this whole situation out. Frank has been our PR team for the UK tour. We never saw or approved a copy of the release that was circulated.

"We are working with Frank to get them to write a formal apology and retractment. This has been an extremely frustrating and disappointing process for us. We welcome everyone. We love everyone. We just want to make good beer."

The news comes after BrewDog previously appeared to criticise Trump by launching the Make Earth Great Again beer in 2017, protesting the President’s stance on climate change and the decision to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.

The independent chain previously made headlines this year, after it came under fire earlier for launching a 'tonedeaf' Pink IPA for International Women’s Day.