James Watt

BrewDog’s ‘phenomenal’ Q1 2024 performance

15-Apr-2024 By Gary Lloyd

Despite the hospitality sector and craft beer having a “very challenged” start to 2024, BrewDog’s performance has been “phenomenal”, according to CEO James Watt.

EXCLUSIVE: James Watt: ‘What determines a leader’s destiny is how they learn from mistakes’

14-Jul-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Last summer, BrewDog CEO James Watt waved goodbye to the modern world and escaped to a tiny cabin hidden in the Scottish Highlands’ leafy woodlands. With no WiFi, no phone signal, and no running water, his only task was to plant a few hundred trees by...

EXCLUSIVE: James Watt: Brexit is an ‘unmitigated disaster’

14-Jul-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

It’s a weird time in business for BrewDog’s co-founder James Watt.

BrewDog’s Watt launches funding scheme to find Next Unicorn

30-Mar-2023 By Gary Lloyd

James Watt, co-founder and chief executive of brewer and pub operator BrewDog, has teamed up with funding platform Crowdcube to find the next “billion-dollar company”.

BrewDog’s Watt: ‘We need to think of energy crisis as Covid II’

05-Sep-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog CEO James Watt has said the current energy crisis needs to be looked at as “Covid II”.

BrewDog boss to give £100m of shareholding to employees

03-May-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

BrewDog chief executive and co-founder James Watt has pledged to give £100m of his personal stake in the company to team members, and BrewDog bars will now also share 50% of their profits with those who work in them.

BrewDog's James Watt: 'a criminal prosecution for fraud is under way'

17-Mar-2022 By Restaurant

BrewDog co-founder and CEO James Watt says a criminal prosecution is under way for fraud and malicious communication over an alleged campaign of online harassment directed against him.

BrewDog’s Watt lodging official complaint about BBC documentary

14-Feb-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog co-founder James Watt is set to launch an official complaint with the BBC and regulator Ofcom for “dozens of inaccuracies and false claims” aired in a documentary about the business.

‘Toxic culture letter 100% my fault’ says BrewDog’s James Watt

18-Jun-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

BrewDog co-founder James Watt has taken responsibility for the company’s culture and stated the letter, claiming the business had a “toxic culture” was his fault.

BrewDog apologises after 'toxic’ culture claims

10-Jun-2021 By Emily Hawkins

BrewDog co founder James Watt has apologised to staff after an open letter claimed employees across different departments shared a “residual feeling of fear.”

BrewDog offering 4 beers for free to everyone in UK

11-Jan-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog is giving everyone in the UK a free four pack of its Lost Lager as part of the launch of the new brew.

BrewDog extends Equity for Punks Five after hitting £10m crowdfunding goal

15-Jan-2018 By James Beeson

BrewDog has officially passed its £10m minimum target for its Equity for Punks Five (EFPV) crowdfunding scheme, the Scottish craft brewery has announced.

BrewDog co-founder defends the price of his beer

23-Oct-2017 By James Beeson

BrewDog co founder James Watt has launched a staunch defence of the price of the brewery’s beer in supermarkets, as the Scottish brewery launches the fifth round of its Equity For Punks (EFP) crowdfunding initiative.

BrewDog ‘releases’ T-shirts for bar staff based on online reviews

11-Sep-2017 By James Beeson

Craft beer brewery and bar-chain owner BrewDog has ‘released’ a set of new T-shirts featuring comments left about the company on social media.

A timeline: how BrewDog became what it is today

13-Mar-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

From its conception with two employees and a dog in 2007 to its global success of today, The Morning Advertiser sets out the history of BrewDog – warts and all.

Behind the scenes at BrewDog

21-Apr-2016 By Emily Sutherland

BrewDog’s meteoritic success story has captured the beer industry – and the public’s – attention. Love them or hate them, the self-styled punk brewers rise to the top has been hard to ignore since it launched nine years ago in rural Scotland by co-founders...

Brewdog enters spirits market

04-Feb-2016 By Jessica Mason

Brewdog is set to move into the spirits market with the launch of a new distillery named The Lone Wolf.

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BrewDog 'smash crowdfunding world record with a monster truck'

01-Oct-2015 By Emily Sutherland

BrewDog have broken the world record for the most amount of money made through crowdfunding, raising £10m in the latest round of fundraising for Equity for Punks.

Beer special

'Will BrewDog ever do a Meantime? No.'...Interviewing James Watt

07-Jul-2015 By Adrian Tierney-Jones

The BrewDog empire of beers and bars may well continue to grow at a rapid rate, but co-founder James Watt wants to keep hold of the punk spirit...

BrewDog offers IPA with 45-day shelf-life

22-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

BrewDog has launched a beer that is intended to ‘die’ if it isn’t drunk by its limited best-before date.

BrewDog interview: Watt reveals all

27-Apr-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Brewdog co-founder talks about working with JDW and the possibility of an IPO.

BrewDog announces location of fifth London site and plans for eight more bars worldwide

14-Aug-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, has secured its fifth London site in Islington, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser has learnt.

Brewdog launches second fundraising campaign

13-Jul-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

BrewDog has launched a second round of fundraising as it looks to raise £2.2m to finance a new eco-brewery and the opening of more bars across the country.

Exclusive Interview: BrewDog Aberdeen opens its jaws

28-Oct-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire

Licensing laws. They can really be a total kill-joy can't they? All you want to do is offer customers who tattoo your brand logo on their body free...

BrewDog buys first pub

28-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney

Controversial Scottish micro-brewer BrewDog has acquired its first pub — the Marischal in Aberdeen.

Scottish youngsters complete pioneering BII course

22-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Twenty teenagers have been presented with certificates after completing a pioneering course about alcohol awareness. The youngsters, aged between 14...