When it first launched in 2007, Brewdog set out to be a \u2018punk\u2019, 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0went into administrators and now, it\u2019s 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 \u00a333m deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tilray will take over Brewdog\u2019s brewery in Aberdeenshire and its national distribution centre in Motherwell as well as flagship pubs in Manchester<\/a>, Edinburgh<\/a>, London<\/a> and Birmingham<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n But Brewdog\u2019s 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 \u2018nothing short of a national disgrace\u2019. General secretary Sharon Graham said: \u2018BrewDog workers built this brand. They deserved respect. Instead, they were treated as disposable pawns.\u2019<\/p>\n Tilray boss Irwin D Simon said that the company will \u2018refocus BrewDog on the craft beer excellence that made it beloved in the first place and strategically invest to return the operations to profitable growth\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n Which Brewdog pubs are shutting?<\/p>\n The following Brewdog venues are closing with immediate effect:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Which Brewdog pubs are staying open?\u00a0<\/p>\n These are the sites that have been acquired by Tilray and will remain up and running.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ICYMI: A huge \u00a315 million entertainment centre with a vast food hall is coming to this northern English city<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nBasingstoke
\nBath
\nBournemouth
\nBristol
\nBaldwin Street
\nBristol Harbourside
\nCambridge
\nCardiff
\nCarlisle
\nCheltenham
\nExeter
\nSoho
\nLondon Camden Road
\nLondon Chancery Lane
\nClerkenwell
\nEaling
\nHammersmith
\nLondon Seething Lane
\nTower Bridge
\nWandsworth
\nLiverpool
\nDogHouse Manchester
\nManchester Outpost
\nMilton Keynes
\nNewcastle
\nNorwich
\nNottingham
\nPlymouth
\nReading
\nSouthampton
\nAberdeen Castlegate
\nAberdeen Union Square
\nEdinburgh Cowgate
\nGlasgow Merchant City
\nGlasgow Argyle Street
\nInverurie
\nPerth
\nSt Andrews
\nStirling
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\nBirmingham
\nLondon Canary Wharf
\nLondon Paddington
\nLondon Seven Dials
\nLondon Tower Hill
\nLondon Waterloo
\nManchester – Peter Street
\nDogHouse Edinburgh
\nEdinburgh Lothian Road
\nEllon – DogTap
\nDublin
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