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Are the hot flushes, insomnia and headaches of menopause getting you down? There’s now a beer for that.

The Portsmouth Brewery in New Hampshire has developed Libeeration, a gruit ale and “the first craft beer brewed for menopausal women”.

The golden ale was produced with the help of health practitioners and herbalists in an attempt to target an “overlooked demographic”.

Containing ingredients such as lemon balm, stinging nettle and chamomile, Libeeration is designed to help soothe the often irritating symptoms of menopause including trouble sleeping and mood swings.

“It’s taken years to bring this idea to market,” says The Portsmouth Brewery co-owner, Joanne Francis.

“We want to shift the mentality from focusing on the negative aspects of this stage in life, to celebrating the liberating aspects!”

“Fun, crazy, wildly different: that was our goal to reach women who truly know what it means to be hot!”

Francis revealed that she first had the idea for the brew six years ago and, despite the reaction not being as she’d hoped, the co-owner pushed on and hired head brewer, Matt Gallagher to help out.

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“A whole world of women love craft beer and many more will discover it,” Francis explains on The Portsmouth Brewery website.

“Many of us have been enjoying craft beer since the whole movement began in the mid-80s. We have purchasing power and we deserve this empowering elixir!”

The menopause is a naturally occurring, but understandably frustrating, aspect of life and usually affects women who are between 45 and 55 years old.

Symptoms range from joint stiffness and heart palpitations to memory problems and those infamous hot flushes.

While eating well and getting regular exercise can help to alleviate some of the discomfort, the option to crack open a cold one will surely be a welcome alternative to women around the world.