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Customers can pay what they think drinks are worth in craft beer chain's bars - but there is a catch

Customers will be able to pay what they want for beer at bars run by a leading craft brewery.

Drinkers at BrewDog bars around the world can pay what they feel a round is worth in an initiative run by the beer firm.

The Scottish brewer is operating its Honest to Dog promotion from June 3 to 9 in all but seven of its venues.

Brewdog in Westgate Street, Cardiff (Western Mail)

 But it is only available to its 106,000 shareholders - known as "Equity Punks".

Those who pay less than the value of their bill will be given a feedback card to explain why.

Any over-payments will be divided between the BrewDog Foundation and bar staff.

Brewery co-founder James Watt said: "With BrewDog being a community-owned business, it's important for us to know what customers think of our products.

"With the Honest to Dog initiative we want to show our commitment to our Equity Punks by putting them in the driver's seat so they can tell us what they think our products are worth and most importantly, why.

"This is a ground-breaking social and business experiment that has never been done before.

"We want to take the risk no matter the financial profit as we think that the results will be invaluable.

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"To that end, we also want to share these results with the world in order to create a better business model and relationship with our fans."

The scheme will not be operating in selected outlets, including Inverurie, Edinburgh Airport, Reykjavik, Oslo, Florence, Bologna and Rome.

Minimum alcohol pricing legislation will come into play with proposed pricing according to the firm in their native Scotland as well as some international markets

Feedback given during the initiative - which includes food orders - will be published online afterwards.

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