While perusing the Times last week, we were intrigued to read the story of fashion designer Stanislassia Klein and her crusade to ensure French women could “enjoy a beer without being derided as a social outcast”.

Her Paris-based “Club for Women Beer Drinkers in High Heels” now has more than 2,000 members. “The club has really struck a chord,” she said. “There are lots of girls out there who like beer but say they can’t drink it because they get strange looks.” (The Times article is  behind a pay-wall, but you can read a syndicated version here.)

Despite recent advances, beer drinking in the UK remains male-dominated (although, thankfully, to a lesser extent than across the channel). Sadly, this is particularly true when it comes to real ale.  It seems a shame that many women miss out on enjoying one of Britain’s greatest products, purely because they feel uncomfortable drinking it.

When we relaunched Truman’s, we were adamant that we wanted it to be a beer for everyone, everywhere. So if the Club for Women Beer Drinkers ever launches a London branch, the first pint is on us.