Collaboration is tonic for Birmingham pub after Brewdog trademark dispute

Brewdog, the fast-growing brewer of craft beers, has provided a tonic to a Birmingham pub that it briefly got into a legal spat with.

Earlier this year, the Lone Wolf Bar on Constitution Hill changed its name to The Wolf after receiving legal letters on behalf of the Scottish group that said they had used the name of their new spirit, LoneWolf.

After adverse national media coverage, Brewdog founder James Watt said the company’s lawyers had got “trigger happy” and sought to make amends.

A team from The Wolf pub in Birmingham has now visited the LoneWolf distilery and collaborated on a gin named Wolf Pack.

Brewdog said: “This union with The Wolf symbolises our commitment to collaborating with our community, and resolving our differences following a trademark issue a few months ago.

“We support those who fiercely defend their independence and what they stand for. Making a unique gin to honour that with The Wolf was the natural thing to do.”

All profits from this gin will go to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust who work to protect and conserve wild wolves and their habitats.