PUNK SHOCK

Brewdog quality fail sees profits poured down drain | Angry boss slams staff after customers left with sour taste

- MARK MCGIVERN

SCOTTISH booze giant Brewdog has been forced to discard millions of pounds worth of beer after it became "infected".

The deluge of wasted Punk IPA came after a "major quality incident" at their world-famous brewery in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

The scale of the problem was detailed in a furious email from Chris Fielden, the firm's chief supply chain officer, about "sour beer" which was sent to customers. The astonishing internal email lambasted workers for repeatedly failing to adhere to basic hygiene rules.

And Fielden claimed the wastage of the firm's iconic Punk IPA beer was at a level never seen before.

The "major quality incident" meant the company's productivity target for August was missed by a whopping £950,000 but the wastage, according to Fielden, runs into millions of pounds.

While some of the beer was "thrown away", some product was sent to customers leading to the "highest rate of customer complaints" the company has ever seen. In the shock email sent to staff, Fielden blasted: "The reality is that it was an incredibly tough month in which we significantly missed our productivity target and have been working through a major quality incident.