When it first launched in 2007, Brewdog set out to be a ‘punk’, rebel outsider sort of brand. Over the years, founders threw toy cats out of helicopters, projected naked images of themselves onto the Houses of Parliament, drove tanks down the street and sold bottles in taxidermied squirrels. 

But the craft beer brand has had a pretty significant fall from grace since all of that. After failing to make a profit in recent years, Brewdog went into administrators and now, it’s been sold off. The brand, its brewing operations, intellectual property and 11 of its pubs have been bought by American beverage and medical cannabis company Tilray in a £33m deal. 

Tilray will take over Brewdog’s brewery in Aberdeenshire and its national distribution centre in Motherwell as well as flagship pubs in Manchester, Edinburgh, London and Birmingham. 

But Brewdog’s 38 other pubs across the UK are closing with immediate effect. The move has made 484 members of staff redundant in what Unite union has called ‘nothing short of a national disgrace’. General secretary Sharon Graham said: ‘BrewDog workers built this brand. They deserved respect. Instead, they were treated as disposable pawns.’

Tilray boss Irwin D Simon said that the company will ‘refocus BrewDog on the craft beer excellence that made it beloved in the first place and strategically invest to return the operations to profitable growth’. 

Which Brewdog pubs are shutting?

The following Brewdog venues are closing with immediate effect: 


Basingstoke
Bath
Bournemouth
Bristol
Baldwin Street
Bristol Harbourside
Cambridge
Cardiff
Carlisle
Cheltenham
Exeter
Soho
London Camden Road
London Chancery Lane
Clerkenwell
Ealing
Hammersmith
London Seething Lane
Tower Bridge
Wandsworth
Liverpool
DogHouse Manchester
Manchester Outpost
Milton Keynes
Newcastle
Norwich
Nottingham
Plymouth
Reading
Southampton
Aberdeen Castlegate
Aberdeen Union Square
Edinburgh Cowgate
Glasgow Merchant City
Glasgow Argyle Street
Inverurie
Perth
St Andrews
Stirling

Which Brewdog pubs are staying open? 

These are the sites that have been acquired by Tilray and will remain up and running. 


Birmingham
London Canary Wharf
London Paddington
London Seven Dials
London Tower Hill
London Waterloo
Manchester – Peter Street
DogHouse Edinburgh
Edinburgh Lothian Road
Ellon – DogTap
Dublin

ICYMI: A huge £15 million entertainment centre with a vast food hall is coming to this northern English city. 

Plus: Wetherspoons is opening 12 new pubs before July 2026 – full list of new boozers. 

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