By Jon Robinson The chief executive of Brewdog has hit back at the “ridiculous levels of criticism” his company received following the news that it would no longer be paying staff the ‘real’ living wage. The Scotland-based Punk IPA brewer announced last week that it will now pay the government’s national wage rate of £11.44 per hour from April. The business described the move as “important” and “necessary” as it warned about its trading loss last year, in a letter issued to staff. Now Brewdog’s chief executive and co-founder James Watt has taken to social media to hit back at the reaction to t…