BrewDog protests Russia anti-gay laws with #notforgays Hello My Name is Vladimir beer
BrewDog has cracked open a protest campaign at Russia’s ban on ‘homosexual propaganda’ ahead of the Winter Olympics, with the launch of a new beer – Hello My Name is Vladimir.The beer, whose packaging features pictures of Vladimir Putin on a multi-coloured background similar to the famous Andy Warhol picture, is ‘not for gays’.In a blog about the beer, it states “Hello, my name is Vladimir. I am a beer for uber hetero men who ride horses while topless and carrying knives. I am a beer to mark the 2014 Winter Olympics. But I am not for gays. Love wrestling burly men on the Judo mat or fishing in your Speedos? Then this is the beer for you!”The beer brand, known for being controversial, has already sent a case of the beer to the Kremlin, with founder James Watt suggesting that Putin should have no problem with the product, because it states of the label that it is ‘not for gays’.
Ideal glassware for #HelloMyNameisVladimir: Any glass as long as it's massive and you're topless.Nothing like over compensating. #NotForGays
— BrewDog (@brewdog) February 4, 2014Only fair that our Captain emulates the namesake for Hello My Name is Vladimir. Doesn't he look fabulous? #NotForGays pic.twitter.com/mUVDAYrhGm
— BrewDog (@brewdog) February 4, 2014
If you wanna try Hello My Name is Vladimir before the KGB catches up with us, hit up a BrewDog bar to try it on tap from today. #NotForGays
— BrewDog (@brewdog) February 4, 2014
The Russian Consulate didn't want the beer I brought them so I just left it on their doorstep #NotForGays @brewdog pic.twitter.com/aDAjFk3iA2
— Calvin McDonald (@CalvinMcD) February 4, 2014