'Social success' beer ad banned

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Frosty jugs of beer in summer sun.
Frosty jugs of beer in summer sun.

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%An advert for some of the UK's best-known beer brands has been banned for implying that alcohol is linked to social success and helps overcome problems.

The ad for the Let There Be Beer campaign featured a man nervously getting to know his girlfriend's father and a woman overcome with office work before they reached for a glass of beer.

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