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drop bear

n
jocular Austral a mythical creature said to live in the outback; it resembles an oversized koala with sharp teeth and drops from trees to devour unwary passers-by
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Drop Bear Beer was established by two twentysomethings who aim to bring female chutzpah to the maledominated world of beer-making.
For now, Drop Bear beers are brewed in Yorkshire but the plan is to bring the whole process back to Wales.
| Drop Bear Beer will be exhibiting at Cywain's Food Hall stand at the Royal Welsh Show next Wednesday.
Founded earlier this year by "Melburnian" Sarah McNena, and "Swansea Jack" Joelle Drummond, Drop Bear's non-alcoholic beer is already making waves.
They will be joined this autumn by Drop Bear's stout which promises to be "dark, edgy, and packing a'tude".
Likewise, Ms Drummond says female empowerment is at the core of Drop Bear's ethos, and the pair are keen to champion women in what is a predominantly maledominated arena.
"I met some Australians for a briefing the other day and they told me there was a creature called a Drop Bear, which fell out of trees, grabbed you by the head and ate you.
Ancient bone fragments still found at the foot of the drop bear solemn witness to a special time in history.
AA DROP Bear, so called because it drops out of gum trees and eats the brains of anyone walking underneath.
Also, if you say it with a serious enough expression, foreigners will believe that drop bears are real!
When we go in to interview the contestants you're like, 'Ooooh!', as they crawl up your legs." Swash, who won I'm A Celebrity in 2008 before landing the presenting role, adds: "When I first went, the Aussies told me about drop bears, these crazy koalas who come down from the SKY: 116 FV: 9 World News Today; Weather 7.30 Timothy All at Sea 8.00 Britain's Best Drives 8.30 from the Wild Wood 9.00 Breakfast, Lunch 11.05 Hollyoaks Big Bang How I 7.00 The Big Bang The Weird 1.05 Misfits 4.30 MORE4 8.55 Presents 10.15 11.05 trees and tear your face off.
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