
Well, that’s nearly the end of that. The below is a post from when I was trying to visit every Brewdog, amongst many other things, and I did a reasonable number.
They were a badly run company, frequently the staff were critical of management in a way that I didn’t experience with any other company. I didn’t lead any conversation on that, but team members often wanted to share their exasperation.
And, the Brewdog staff were nearly always full of enthusiasm, excitement and interest in what they were selling. Brewdog lost its hold on craft beer many years ago, instead offering an increasingly generic offering with prices that were above their competitors. But, I still liked Brewdog, they promoted some very good craft brewers and Neon Raptor were one company saying how useful they had been. They also promoted craft beer to a new audience and made some interesting beers themselves, although they became less decadent recently.
Having said that, I managed to walk out of Brewdog in Milton Keynes a few months ago as a staff member was busy eating pizza at the bar whilst serving in between bites. I have a pretty low bar on these things, but that was too much even for me.
Anyway, I shall miss Norwich Brewdog…….
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As my friend Des mentioned to me that I like ticking boxes on lists (I need to get out more), I thought I’d note (primarily for my own benefit, I can’t imagine more than two people in the world care) which Brewdog bars I’ve been to.
For the UK ones, if there’s a link then I’ve been there and if there isn’t, then I haven’t…. For the rest of the world, I’ve just listed where I’ve been as I can’t be bothered to write them all up. I still have a lot of these to visit, but my favourites so far are Cambridge, London Canary Wharf, London Seven Dials and London Brixton. The only that I haven’t really liked was the Brighton outlet.
There’s also the Brewdog Visa 2 which I got so confused about I decided not to even try and use.
Anyway….
UK
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Castlegate
Aberdeen Union Square
Birdcage (Columbia Road, London)
Brewdog Old Street (No Alcohol)
Bristol
Camden Road Arms
Canary Wharf (2nd visit when inside open)
Cardiff
Carlisle
Dalston [vegan]
Dogtap Ellon
Doghouse Manchester
Duke of Battersea
Duke of Hammersmith
Dundee
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Cowgate
Hop Hub Tap Room
Invernurie
Leicester
Manchester
Manchester Outpost
Milton Keynes
Northcote Arms
Nottingham
Old Street
Oxford
Perth
Peterhead
Plymouth
Sheffield
Smithfield Market Arms
Southampton
St. Andrews
Stirling
Swansea
REST OF THE WORLD
Firenze (Florence)

