A small craft brewery in New Zealand found itself the target of pro-Trump groups in the US today, after a promotional campaign on social media for one of its brews. Auckland-based Behemoth Brewing Company has been promoting a new release of its popular "Dump the Trump" India pale ale (IPA).
Trump supporters have today been flooding the brewery's Facebook page with negative reviews and leaving pro-Trump comments, some offensive.
Brewery owner Andrew Childs says he hasn't been able to track down how the Trump supporters came across his brewery, but he is certain it's a concentrated effort from a few pro-Trump groups in the US.
"It's pretty crazy, you hear about these groups, but it is nuts they would target a little brewing company all the way here in New Zealand," Childs told the Herald.
Until today, Behemoth had an impeccable list of five-star reviews on its Facebook page but it has received nearly as many one-star reviews. This has brought the company's average Facebook rating down from a perfect score to 3 stars in just 24 hours.