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Jobs round-up

Senior appointments at Wadworth, BrewDog, Upham and City Pub Group, unprecedented traffic to pub recruiter

11-Nov-2020 By Stuart Stone

Amid announcements of record redundancies, rebounding pub share prices and furlough extension, a number of pub companies have announced boardroom shake-ups.

Welsh reopening: proof of residency, 'rule of 4' and no English visitors

09-Nov-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Pubs in Wales can reopen today (Monday 9 November) after more than two weeks closed under the nation's 'firebreak' lockdown.

Jobs round-up

Hawkes founder steps down, Burnham beer staff fundraiser, Red Mist to ‘give back’ apprentice grants

29-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

The latest on-trade job news includes the departure of Hawkes founder Simon Wright, the launch of a fundraising scheme revolving around an Andy Burnham inspired beer, a cash windfall for Red Mist apprentices and a new hire for George Clooney's tequila...

BrewDog smashes £7.5m crowdfunding target in 6 weeks

28-Oct-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has hit its initial crowdfunding target of £7.5m for its Equity for Punks Tomorrow scheme, which launched in September.

Property round-up

JDW and Star unveil £700k refits, BrewDog confirms half a dozen UK sites ‘under construction’

23-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Nationwide pub operators JD Wetherspoon (JDW) and Star Pubs & Bars both revealed pub projects costing in the region of £750,000, while BrewDog detailed its continued expansion.

BrewDog kicks off final Equity for Punks crowdfund to boost sustainability drive

15-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Scottish craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog has launched the last round of its record-breaking crowdfunding programme in a bid to bankroll new sustainability initiatives to the tune of £7.5m.

BrewDog posts £8.1m losses due to pandemic

14-Sep-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

BrewDog made a net loss of £8,151,071 in the six months to 30 June 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

New Product Round-up

BrewDog teams up with Ricky Gervais, Crown & Hops launches craft beer equality scheme

11-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

The latest new product round-up features drinks makers taking on the issues of racial equality and homeless dogs in addition to low and no brew news from Big Drop and Square Root.

‘It was 50/50 whether BrewDog would make it through lockdown’

02-Sep-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The enforced coronavirus lockdown meant Scottish brewer and bar operator BrewDog lost 70% of its revenue overnight, causing co-founder James Watt serious concerns over whether the business would be able to trade once restrictions were lifted.

Property round-up

Shepherd Neame invests £1.5m, Inn Collection Group’s 15th site, BrewDog Plymouth confirmed

02-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

In addition to Kent-based brewer and operator Shepherd Neame investing a seven figure sum in one of its waterside pubs, Greene King, The Inn Collection Group and BrewDog have all confirmed new venues.

BrewDog is now ‘carbon negative’

24-Aug-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has announced it takes twice as much carbon out of the air as it emits in a bid to become the “world’s first carbon negative international beer business”.

BrewDog responds to supermarket 'take' on Punk IPA with new brew

21-Aug-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and bar operator BrewDog has created a new beer after social media users posted images of a beer from supermarket Aldi resembling its flagship Punk IPA.

In association with BrewDog

Why draught alcohol-free beer is a winner

28-Jul-2020 By Stuart Stone

Alcohol-free beer has long been the preserve of the fridge, but new brewing techniques and a 'punk' focus could see that change as BrewDog looks to put its stink on the sprouting category.

Labour leader poses with BrewDog Barnard Castle Eye Test beer

07-Jul-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer visited Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog’s Tower Hill pub in the City of London to discuss the group's reopening and posed with a can of its Barnard Castle Eye Test beer.

BrewDog ‘exploring drone delivery’ in UK

17-Jun-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog will start using drones to deliver its beer to various locations on its campus in Columbus, Ohio, and is looking into using this method for its delivery service in the UK.

BrewDog launches Barnard Castle Eye Test beer

28-May-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has unveiled a new beer following Government adviser Dominic Cummings driving 260 miles amid lockdown.

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BrewDog reveals future for its bars

07-May-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has announced its initial approach to reopening its bars, subject to official guidance from the Government.

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BrewDog co-founders forgo 2020 salary

30-Mar-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog co-founders James Watt and Martin Dickie will be sacrificing their salary for 2020 in a bid to protect jobs at the business amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

BrewDog unveils new branding and pledge to turn waste beer into vodka

06-Feb-2020 By Stuart Stone

Independent Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog has unveiled new branding alongside a raft of commitments to ensure ‘‘we have a planet to make beer for in the future”.

BrewDog launches ‘world’s first’ booze-free beer bar

02-Jan-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has claimed it has launched the ‘world’s first alcohol-free beer bar’.

BrewDog rapped by watchdog for ‘sober as a motherfu’ ad

18-Dec-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Complaints made against Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog’s advert for its Punk AF alcohol-free beer that featured the words ‘sober as a motherfu’ have been upheld by an advertising watchdog.

BrewDog co-founder James Watt added to Drink Tank line-up

06-Nov-2019 By Stuart Stone

James Watt, co-founder of craft brewer and independent pub operator BrewDog, has been added to the list of speakers at The Morning Advertiser’s inaugural Drink Tank event.

BrewDog to offer free pints to voters again

30-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Brewer and pub operator BrewDog has encouraged its supporters to vote in the upcoming general election in exchange for a free pint.

BrewDog announces new bond

22-Oct-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has joined forces with Crowdcube to introduce a new fixture income investment, which will be launched later this month (October).

BrewDog bars lose £235k amid expansion drive

07-Oct-2019 By Finn Scott-Delany

BrewDog’s bar division made a pre-tax loss of £235,000 in 2018 – up from losses of £45,000 in 2017.

BrewDog launches half beef, half vegan Hybrid burger

04-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Scottish craft brewer and pub operator BrewDog has launched a flexitarian burger that it hopes will turn meat lovers to a more plant-based diet.

BrewDog will give out Punk IPA beers for free

28-May-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog will hand out free samples of its flagship beer to 16 European cities in a declaration of a ‘punk state’.

Draft House founder invests in My Million Pound Menu business

09-Jan-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh, who sold the business to BrewDog last year, has invested £350,000 in restaurant concept BBQ Dreamz on My Million Pound Menu.

BrewDog opens bar at Edinburgh airport

22-Nov-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Scottish craft brewer and pub operator BrewDog has opened new bars in Edinburgh Airport and Perth city-centre.

Beer offer for Trump supporters 'fake news', says BrewDog

27-Sep-2018 By Emily Hawkins

BrewDog has described a statement from a US brewery as "fake news", after it announced vocal supporters of Donald Trump could grab a free beer at BrewDog sites next week.

BrewDog offers punters trade up on ‘generic’ beers

12-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

BrewDog is telling its customers to bin their ‘generic’ beers in its bars in exchange for a pint of the brewery’s new Lost Lager as part of its Bad Beer Amnesty.

BrewDog extends Equity for Punks Five after hitting £10m crowdfunding goal

15-Jan-2018 By James Beeson

BrewDog has officially passed its £10m minimum target for its Equity for Punks Five (EFPV) crowdfunding scheme, the Scottish craft brewery has announced.

BrewDog to give away 20% of profits

29-Aug-2017 By James Beeson

Craft beer brewery BrewDog has announced today (29 August) that it will give away 20% of its profits every year, with half of this money going to charity. 

BrewDog under fire after forcing independent pub to change its name

27-Mar-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

BrewDog has come under fire for forcing an independent Birmingham pub to change its name by threatening it with legal action. 

BrewDog reveals head of new sour facility site

16-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

BrewDog has announced Richard Kilcullen as the head of its standalone sour beer facility, Overworks. 

Beer

BrewDog founders awarded MBEs

13-Jun-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

James Watt and Martin Dickie, founders of Scotland-based brewery and pub operator BrewDog, have been awarded MBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Operators

Brewdog: Twitter storm over James Watt's appearance on TV show Who's the Boss

09-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

Brewdog co-founder James Watt has come under fire after appearing on BBC TV programme Who’s the Boss, which sees bosses give existing staff the power to employee a new manager.

Publican Awards 2016

It's your time to stand out from the crowd

02-Nov-2015 By PMA

With the deadline fast approaching, now’s the time to enter one of the pub sector’s most prestigious events — the Publican Awards 2016.

BrewDog offers IPA with 45-day shelf-life

22-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

BrewDog has launched a beer that is intended to ‘die’ if it isn’t drunk by its limited best-before date.

Beer Innovation Summit

Brewdog 'wanted to be anti-establishment and still is'

30-Apr-2015 By Jessica Mason

The key to marketing success for beer brands is having a clear and passionate message and encouraging drinkers to “join a cause”. That was the message from the man behind many of BrewDog’s high-profile PR campaigns.

BrewDog tops profit tracker list

26-Mar-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog came out on top in this year’s AlixPartners Profit Tracker in association with the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report.

BrewDog claims its new lager will solve binge drinking

02-Sep-2014 By Robyn Black

BrewDog is launching a lager, in a move it claims will “reverse binge drinking.”

BrewDog plans £5m investment at its HQ and brewery site

26-Feb-2013 By John Harrington

BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has revealed plans to spend £5m on the next stage of development at its HQ and brewery site in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

Brewdog to open bar in Stockholm, Sweden

14-Aug-2012

BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has entered a partnership deal to open its first bar oversees, in the Swedish capital Stockholm.

BrewDog eyes more bar openings and £7m brewery

19-Oct-2011

BrewDog, the Scottish brewer, is eyeing Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield for its next craft beer bar openings.

BrewDog launches world's strongest fermented beer, served from stag's head

07-Sep-2011 By Jessica Harvey

BrewDog has launched what it claims to be the world’s strongest fermented beer, named Ghost Deer, which will be served from a taxidermy stag’s head font.

BrewDog share issue raises £1m

11-Aug-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

BrewDog says it expects to have reached its £2.2m investment target via a share issue four months ahead of schedule.

BrewDog toasts 10-fold profit increase

20-Jul-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Scottish brewer BrewDog saw operating profits increase more than 10-fold in 2010, its latest accounts show.

BrewDog share issue raises £500k in two days

18-Jul-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

BrewDog, the Scottish microbrewer and pub operator, has raised over £500,000 via a share issue in two days as it looks to raise £2.2m to finance a...

BrewDog aims to launch five bars

12-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Scottish microbrewer BrewDog is looking to open five new bars this year by asking customers to suggest sites in their home towns. This comes after...