Trinkt mehr Bier!
Die Wirtschaft retten schmeckt gut (es gibt sehr gute alkoholfreie Varianten):
https://www.berliner-kurier.de/berlin/brewdog-bleibt-gute-nachrichten-fuer-berliner-bierliebhaber-li.10024336
Wow. What a strange ride.
A friend of mine from Glasgow was one of the Punks With Purpose - a former bar manager of many years. He was low-key traumatised, but realisation was a long time coming for him.
So none of this is surprising, and the stories have been known for a while, but I literally hadn't heard anything about the company since then. Full on.
BrewDog sold Highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning its reforestation plans https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/08/brewdog-sold-highland-estate-knockdown-price-reforesting
> …a bloke who refers to himself as Captain without irony.
This feels like all you need to know about the whole #Brewdog debacle. Very well written: https://coffeeandbeer.substack.com/p/brewdog-an-unofficial-obituary #UKBeer #beer
So how did that go, James? Almost as well as #Brewdog .
Seriously he looks like someone put tiny googly eyes on a kneecap.
BrewDog's James Watt follows Elon Musk lead as he shares UK Doge plan | The Herald
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24932280.brewdogs-james-watt-follows-elon-musk-lead-shares-uk-doge-plan/
@ChrisMayLA6 It sounds like cofounder James Watt has cried all the way to the bank 😢
“Watt said it had been an "incredibly hard" week and that he was "heartbroken" for those who had lost their jobs and invested in its Equity For Punks scheme.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze00ddyw27o
I’ve invested in things I’ve not fully understood, but only invested what I could afford to lose (and did lose).
Experience is a harsh teacher, as they say. (Here the lesson is the difference between ‘ordinary’ and ‘preference’ shares. "Equity For Punks" investors bought ordinary shares, but only preference shareholders would get their money back first in the event of a sale.)