BrewDog beers axed from almost 2,000 pubs across Britain
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/brewdog-beers-axed-pubs-across-britain-5Hjd9hb_2/
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BrewDog beers axed from almost 2,000 pubs across Britain
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/brewdog-beers-axed-pubs-across-britain-5Hjd9hb_2/
Posted by BulkyAccident
34 Comments
Brewdog beers have been getting shitter and the brand comes off as scummy.
Not much to see here
Better beers are coming along and the owner is an absolute prick. What do you expect?
>Their retreat leaves the Scottish brewer increasingly reliant on JD Wetherspoon, whose 794 pubs now represent a big share of its remaining draught sales.
Til I can boycott two brands with one stone. Now *that’s* convenience.
A shame most of the time it’s probably going to be replaced by Neck Oil or a return to macro lager rather than anything decent produced by an independent.
Was in the BrewDog in Bristol a few weeks ago, the place was literally empty. Yeah it was midweek but still, there’s a difference between quiet and literally dead.
I bought 10 cans of the Black Heart stout for £5.50 in Asda, bargain, until the next day I was shitting black soup
We do the best real ales in the world. Best of all it’s always the cheapest option, why people are giving this prick three money is beyond me
James Watt is a prick and BrewDog beers are ass. Win win.
100% much better beers, plus all the bullshit toxic work place stuff.
I always liked their Blackheart stout, but the rest of their range was awful
I stopped buying brewdog after the founder said that British people don’t work hard enough. Their competition tastes too good for them to insult us
Hope this is the beginning of the end for that smug prick.
Punk IPA has definitely changed. Used to be a lovely pint.
It feels like they’ve not been able to scale up production and keep the quality.
I like the beers… As you can tell.
But owner is a scumbag.
Grew too fast, beer got shit, their “shareholder” offering has been a mess, and they got rid of 5am Saint which was their best beer. I only buy their beer when they have a decent offer on the small tins in the supermarket.
It’s expensive and quite frankly can’t say it is a bug seller for it to be put on tap, I know we don’t sell it much in the shop, maybe when we get a bunch of non locals
Rarely does someone say “let’s meet up at the BrewDog”
They are cramped poorly lit spaces that feel busy even with a relatively small number of people. The lack of furnishings makes them sound louder than they should
From the same town as the owner. He’s a bellend who used his dad’s money to be an even bigger prick.
It’s the last beer I would drink on the planet due to the cunt at the top. Completely toxic brand
Craft beer is delicious but expensive. This guy had success early on but sold out at the cost of quality. He is now surrounded by brewers with integrity, class and quality at the same price point and a wiser customer base. Why would I get some shitty punk when I can try a local craft place for the same price or cheaper?
Just gonna sit here and wish I’d cashed my “equity for punks” shares out when they still had credibility.
Its a scummy company, with a dickhead for a boss, so good.
I do enjoy the loaded fries from Brew Dog I must admit. The owner can sod off though.
>Chief executive James Taylor told staff the closures are part of a refresh of its estate, partly in response to “rising costs, increased regulation, and economic pressures” on the sector.
If I owned shares, I’d sell them. A company with as many internal problems as BrewDog clearly has does not solve them by blaming external conditions. People can see right through it because they can see other companies in the same industry doing better.
If they want to get back to being a “cool” brand, the new CEO must be frank about the crappy culture and what he’s doing about it.
The owners are arseholes
The beer tastes the same as every other IPA and the food in stores is overpriced and atrocious
I avoid these bars like the plague
Brewdog has gotten more and more macro as time goes on. Used to do lots of interesting experimental beers. Hazy Jane (original recipe) was one of the first NEIPAs in the UK. Slowly they turn the flavour down on each existing beer and stop bothering to experiment with new ones.
James Watt was/is also PR cancer.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything good about them
It’s nice to support smaller breweries and help keep the diversity. Then they were everywhere they became less appealing. There’s just so many to try of other brewers and we should try them all. Not bad beers though.
I’ve a lot of sympathy for the workers at Brewdog – as I did before reading the article – but honestly I find it pretty hard to find sympathy for a company with such a well-documented toxic atmosphere and predatory attitude to its own workers.
What’s also striking is that it isn’t market valuation or corporate raiding that’s causing this; the fact is people just don’t like Brewdog beer enough to stomach their nature. I wish people who say “no publicity is bad publicity” or “you can’t blame them, it’s just good business” would take note of this kind of thing instead of eventually whining about “cancel culture” and “crybullies”.
If nobody likes you, and all you’ve done is serve yourself, nobody wants to save you. It’s as simple as that.
I love some of their really dark beers and stouts.
Cocoa Psycho is phenomenal.
I quite like a lot of the BrewDog bevvys, but James Watt is an absolute fucking prick and the way he’s ran the company and the things he’s done is just absolutely heinous.
There are a lot of decent craft beers on the market and with James Watt’s views and business practices so well publicised, I see no reason to buy their product.
Yeah i saw this coming like 12 months ago when I saw what they were getting involved with.
Not surprised
Beavertown have been absolutely demolishing Brewdog’s market share over the past few years, I don’t see Punk IPA on tap in nearly as many pubs as I did 5-6 years ago
Well if folk won’t buy the product through having no wish to support the owner then pubs won’t be stocking what they can’t sell