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It’s last orders for sexist beer names. We can all drink to that | Nell Frizzell

Cheers to Camra’s ban on sleazy, misogynistic names – now more of us will be able to order a pint without flinching
Camra’s Great British Beer Festival at Kensington Olympia in London: ‘It is trying to pull away from lazy sexism.’ Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

It takes a certain kind of person to walk up to a bar and order a pint of Old Legover, a bottle of Piddle in the Hole and half an Old Growler.

We all know the sort of person: tweed jacket worn over a Led Zeppelin T-shirt, combat shorts all year round, the sort of beard that’s stiff with flecks of sausage roll and stained at the corners with nicotine. Scratches their belly button while trying

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