PODCAST: What went wrong with BrewDog?

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As BrewDog founder James Watts continues to gnash his teeth and blame everyone but himself, the Lock In team take a look back at the business and ask, what went wrong with BrewDog.

As Tilray continues to pick over the bones of the BrewDog empire, and rebuild from the ashes, the Lock In speaks to some of the people who were involved and takes a look at the impact on the craft beer sector.

Beer writers Pete Brown and Melissa Cole share their thoughts on how the business evolved and where it went wrong, and we speak to former BrewDog employee Ben Lockwood to get his take on what made the business what it was.

We speak to two equity investors, Richard Fisher and Gareth Fitzgerald to get their take on their losses, and we hear from Bruce Davis, chair of the UK Crowdfunding Association on the impact BrewDog’s collapse is likely to have on that funding model.

And we chat with SIBA boss Andy Slee about the impact BrewDog had on craft beer and where the changes have left the wider market.

All that and a few bad jokes!

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