This company likes to portray itself as akin to numerous small local brewers. It is, in fact, a giant corporation backed by a US private equity firm. - ThreadSky

brianmoore666.bsky.social • 36 days ago

This company likes to portray itself as akin to numerous small local brewers. It is, in fact, a giant corporation backed by a US private equity firm.

Reposted from BladeoftheSun

James Watt Brewdog's CEO is worth £262,000,000 he is refusing to raise the wage of his staff in London by the £1 an hour to keep them at the National Living Wage.

Brewdog is apparently a 'nice' company, but wage freezes don't seem very nice.

Do they?

Comments

gullssinceaboy.bsky.social•36 days ago

This prat played around around pretending to want to buy Torquay United last year. Thank god he didn’t.

timfenton10.bsky.social•36 days ago

This is disturbing to learn. Particularly as I am reading it while consuming one of their offerings at the end of a long week. I shall manfully plough through but will think twice before buying in future.

bridgetkaneen.bsky.social•36 days ago

They have evolved into exactly what they said macro breweries were when they started out, only nasty by the sounds of it.

fforddlas.bsky.social•36 days ago

If the choice is between a Witherspoons or a Brewdog pub I'd go look for a milkshake #boblddrwg

2di2d.bsky.social•36 days ago

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/brewdog-accused-stealing-marketing-ideas-16289137.amp

They’ve allegedly been shady in marketing dealings as well

owzleee.bsky.social•36 days ago

Thank you.
No it’s not run out of a bath tub in Shoreditch. He is an absolute wanker.

owzleee.bsky.social•36 days ago

I think we established that he was an absolute cunt during Brexit and Covid.

aphexgwyn.bsky.social•36 days ago

The guy isa scumbag with a long history of legal bullying against smaller companies and complaints about his behaviour from female employees.

Fuck BrewDog and their bullshit "punk" PR.

darksatanicmills.bsky.social•36 days ago

Sold it's soul a long time ago (if it ever had one).

PS the 'quality' of the experience of visiting one of their bars is vastly reduced over recent years.

dbaile0001.bsky.social•36 days ago

Really can't be bothered with arse holes like him and the beer isn't that good.

fayemontford.bsky.social•36 days ago

Isn't this the fella that invited people for interviews then stole their ideas and never hired them anyway?

deanmorrison.bsky.social•36 days ago

Their beer is basically overpriced pop too.

gillianrodgers8.bsky.social•36 days ago

They are off my list now Brian. Plenty other places to enjoy.

davyboy72.bsky.social•36 days ago

I'm no more likely to drink in their pubs than I am Wetherspoons.
Both run by a couple of tory scumbags who treat their staff with utter contempt.

thewillconway.bsky.social•36 days ago

He had a global Equity For Punks appeal to finance the purchase of land to plant trees to offset carbon. That "Equity" now has no value and looks increasingly like an attempt at tax evasion.
Latest is reported as moving his wedding date for tax reasons.

alastairfraser.bsky.social•36 days ago

And James Watt is a knob

peovereye.bsky.social•36 days ago

It also makes beeeer that tastes like lemonade, just what today’s weird under 40’s crave.

markeye.bsky.social•36 days ago

True. Anyone who’s been paying attention over the last few years knows it’s a company with a track record of unpleasantness.

Just like Wetherspoons, I won’t visit their pubs and I won’t buy their beer.

bigjimsuftum.bsky.social•36 days ago

I have been boycotting Brewdog ever since the treatment of their female employees came out

jfksdad.bsky.social•36 days ago

The man’s an absolute fanny

keithdsmithimages.bsky.social•36 days ago

Watt is an absolute knob.

mactakeshi.bsky.social•36 days ago

Only saving grace is the cost of their products. Same fancy IPA on Tesco shelf from different company £4. Brewdog price £1.50

timmyd49.bsky.social•36 days ago

I wouldn't wash my @rse in that Brewdog sh!te

johnyounger.bsky.social•36 days ago

He’s a prick and his company that used to make great beer sold out a long time ago. The shit they churn out now Is ghastly.

elliefer.bsky.social•36 days ago

Husband &I met the 2 Brewdog owners many years ago as they were doing some publicity in a restaurant we used to go to. Must say I took an instant dislike to James who seemed like someone you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of.....

johnsl.bsky.social•36 days ago

People like that one day take on the wrong person

mojomca.bsky.social•36 days ago

If Andrew Tate made ale.

fintinlimbim.bsky.social•36 days ago

Everything I have heard about Brewdog leads me to believe that it is not a very nice company.
To compound the felony, their ale is crap as well.

youareonmute.bsky.social•36 days ago

To be fair, I like some of their beers but it’s definitely hard to do anything that supports that Gifford.

johnsl.bsky.social•36 days ago

A traitor in my view - anyone abusing the British people is

ad1957.bsky.social•36 days ago

Terrible company terrible beer

atomheartfather.bsky.social•36 days ago

Apart from Hazy Jane, the beer tastes like piss compared to other craft ales. Stick to the other smaller craft ale breweries. Verdent, Deya , Beer Riff ,Pollys , Left Handed Giant all got much better tasting beers. Pig of a man

efcv57.bsky.social•36 days ago

Plenty of good, small independent brewers out there…..people need to give these a wide berth.

kingofn5.bsky.social•36 days ago

Brewdog owned only 22% owned by TSG who are a specialist US PE shop . The rampant capitalism in tooth and claw comes from the founding partners not TSG. They are a thoroughly distasteful company to my mind and don't get me started on Georgia Toffollo saying how hard she works. #nepobabysilverspoon

camsell59.bsky.social•36 days ago

As punk as microsoft

chicagobeersnob.bsky.social•36 days ago

I shouldn't have laughed as hard as I did.. Well done!

jamessteel2008.bsky.social•36 days ago

That’s me never having one again, thanks 👏

barryspinnaker.bsky.social•36 days ago

Took over a brilliant micropub near me that sold a wide variety of beers at very reasonable prices, put up a hideous electronic beer menu thing, and only sold their own beers at eye-watering prices. Ruined it.

brengun.bsky.social•36 days ago

Their beers are foul incidentally

chriswhu.bsky.social•36 days ago

Without wanting to put too finer point on it - James Watt is an absolute fucking arsehole! 🤬

paulobro.bsky.social•36 days ago

Mingin shite whenever I've had the displeasure of tasting it

bluemoonkippax.bsky.social•36 days ago

Started as an amazing an innovative brewer - made the strongest beer in the world which was completely undrinkable when tried it in their first pub in Edinburgh. Now sold out and nothing but corporate money grinders. I spend my money either with local brewers or make my own 🍺😁

peejay05.bsky.social•36 days ago

I no longer buy their product. I recommend you do likewise.

waderrrrrrr.bsky.social•36 days ago

Agreed. Stopped buying it quite a while ago. Considering the economies of scale it has, and the purchasing etc power it has, it’s also overpriced.

amostheking.bsky.social•36 days ago

When it first launched, Brewdog helped carry craft beer into the mainstream. Now I only support independent craft breweries where possible. Better beer and the owners are generally not bellends….quite the opposite in fact

smartypants-pt.bsky.social•36 days ago

Well, who'd have thunk it?

dextercrisp.bsky.social•36 days ago

And, more importantly, their beer tastes like gnat's piss.

Best avoided.

darksatanicmills.bsky.social•36 days ago

There beets *could* be very decent (I'm thinking of bottles of 'Mr President' which helped get me through lockdown).

But they'll largely just less strong variations on 'Punk IPA' now.

sonlyme.bsky.social•36 days ago

You appear to have missed out the fact it is also run by a cnut Brian. 👍

brianmoore666.bsky.social•36 days ago

Mea culpa.

sonlyme.bsky.social•36 days ago

👍

albiebougarde.bsky.social•36 days ago

And all those lazy workers! How does this prick get these headlines - thank you biased Sky News, you're going from bad to worse. Trying to catch up to the Daily Mail are you?

dave68.bsky.social•36 days ago

They join the likes of Tesla and Dyson - brands we must avoid as a matter of vital moral protest.

smilo998.bsky.social•36 days ago

According to him UK workers are lazy. Odd considering they built a company worth hundreds of millions for him.

lee1649.bsky.social•36 days ago

I don’t think anyone with even the remotest interest in brewing has thought of Brewdog as a “nice” company for about 10 years now.

filiusjack.bsky.social•36 days ago

Their 'beer' tastes like piss too.
Don't buy it.

d-g-hayden.bsky.social•36 days ago

Brewdog lost anything akin to ‘Punk’ many many years ago. The sheer quantity of different beers is money making over quality. Such a disappointment. Any love Brewdog had for brewing and their staff has long gone. Shame