When Brewdog\u00a0entered the beer scene way back in 2007, it seemed like a genuine breath of fresh air. A challenge to the\u00a0brewing status quo\u00a0from two 20-something-year-old Scots with a taste for quirky flavours and left-field marketing campaigns? It\u2019s fair to say they turned some heads.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2026, when every pub has a roster of craft beers on tap and after Brewdog has been at the\u00a0centre of a bunch of controversies, the brand no longer seems as \u2018punk\u2019 as its early days promised. Its sales have suffered in recent years, with the brewer\u00a0closing 10 of its British boozers last July, including a\u00a0flagship venue in Aberdeen<\/a>. Then, just a month later, its beers were axed from nearly 2,000 venues across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n Brewdog has now been sold off to an American beverage and medical cannabis company in a deal worth \u00a333 million.\u00a0Tilray\u00a0is the new owner of\u00a0the global rights to the Brewdog brand name, as well as the chain\u2019s UK brewing operations and 11 of its \u2018BrewPubs\u2019. <\/p>\n Brewdog\u2019s 38 other pubs across the UK are closing with immediate effect (you can find a full list here<\/a>), including eight in the capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n Luckily for London\u2019s dad crowd, five of the venues which have been saved are in the capital, along with bars in Birmingham<\/a>, Manchester<\/a>, Edinburgh<\/a> and Dublin<\/a>. The doomed boozers have already poured their last pints, having closed with immediate effect on Monday (March 2) when the new deal was signed.<\/p>\n Unite has called out<\/a> Brewdog for treating its staff as \u2018disposable pawns\u2019. The move made 484 members of staff redundant across the shuttered venues in what\u00a0the union\u00a0called \u2018nothing short of a national disgrace\u2019.<\/p>\n Under Tilray\u2019s new ownership, Brewdog\u2019s list of venues, once numbering close to 60, will end up at a grand total of 13 across the UK and elsewhere. Tilray said it was \u2018separately negotiating to acquire certain Brewdog assets in the US<\/a> and Australia<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n Which Brewdog pubs have shut in London?<\/strong><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a full list of all the London Brewdog bars\u00a0that have already closed their doors.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/ul>\n Which London Brewdog pubs are staying open?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The following five London sites have been acquired by Tilray and will remain up and running.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/ul>\n Did you see that one of London\u2019s greatest culinary families is opening a new pub in Notting Hill<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n Plus: a very fancy new rooftop bar is opening in Holborn<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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