MP backs 'violent' beer
A POLITICIAN has stepped in to help save a beer called Skull Splitter that is produced in his constituency.
Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, has tabled a Commons motion noting "amazement" that the alcohol watchdog, the Portman Group, is considering a complaint that the name could imply violence and that its Viking-branded bottles have an aggressive theme.
The brewery says it is named after Thorfinn Einarsson, the 7th Viking Earl of Orkney. The 8.5 per cent-proof ale, produced by The Orkney Brewery, could be withdrawn from sale if the complaint is upheld.
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