... are starting to get on my tits a bit. They are marketed ingeniously, but the guys that run it are out of their depth.

 

So the most recent moan from the "illustrious" company is about the value of land they are trying to buy. They want to build a hotel, plus an extension to the brewery and got a valuation done on the land. So DM Hall came back and said £5000 an acre, but the shire council have come back and said the price is nearer  £300K. Sounds like a the council are having a laugh, however, it was reported last night that the £5000 quoted was actually the price if it was to be used agriculturally, whereas the £300K per acre price is actually nearer the mark for commercial property. Brewdog went public slating the council saying they are anti business, but instead have really made themselves look extremely stupid.

 

My point is that the council get criticised a lot and rightly so at times, but it must be hard task having to deal with companies like that. Brewdog constantly want special treatment and i am for once glad the council haven't backed down on it. 

5 hours ago, manc_don said:

Bigger fan of Black Isle in all honesty. Wish we got their stuff here regularly, although in fairness, a fair old trek to NZ.

Nice one. Black Isle are my favourite, some fantastic beers plus their bars in Inverness and Fort William are great. 

Oh, there's a Black Isle one I loved, Red Kite.

I think they changed the name of it......

They still have Red Kite on their website.

When I was in the Black Isle Bar at Christmas they didn't have the Red Kite on draught, but they had something similar with a different name.

I like a pint of Tennents 

8 hours ago, InversneckieDob said:

They still have Red Kite on their website.

When I was in the Black Isle Bar at Christmas they didn't have the Red Kite on draught, but they had something similar with a different name.

That’ll be the Red Nitro, another great beer which is a smoother version of Red Kite but not quite as good. Craftsman in Aberdeen have black isle beer on draught. 

9 hours ago, Mason89 said:

I like a pint of Tennents 

Correct. If kept correctly and served cold it's the best on tap lager in Scotland. 

1 hour ago, Kowalski said:

That’ll be the Red Nitro, another great beer which is a smoother version of Red Kite but not quite as good. Craftsman in Aberdeen have black isle beer on draught. 

That's the very fella.

I had assumed it was a replacement for Red Kite.

Is that the pub on the corner of Market St and Guild St?

 

What was it formerly called (in the days when it opened at 6 and had 'dancers' Friday tea-time)?

2 hours ago, InversneckieDob said:

That's the very fella.

I had assumed it was a replacement for Red Kite.

Is that the pub on the corner of Market St and Guild St?

 

What was it formerly called (in the days when it opened at 6 and had 'dancers' Friday tea-time)?

Schooner. 

5 hours ago, Bukta Bertie said:

Schooner. 

The Schooner! Spent some time in there down the years.

Including going in for a pint pre-work at 8.00a.m. one day.

To do with a bet.....long story. 

3 hours ago, InversneckieDob said:

The Schooner! Spent some time in there down the years.

Including going in for a pint pre-work at 8.00a.m. one day.

To do with a bet.....long story. 

Ahhhh The Schooner. Many a Saturday morning spent there from 7am after a hefty night out. The good old early 90s!!

21 hours ago, Mason89 said:

I like a pint of Tennents 

Me too in the summer 

Yank company Tilray has bought Brewdog for £33 million.

51 minutes ago, swaddon said:

Yank company Tilray has bought Brewdog for £33 million.

There's gratitude. Company was born here or here about and the yanks step in and immediately close them all down. 

Never been in myself but I did like the MADE IN ABERDEEN neon sign in the Union Street window and the burgers were meant to be affa fine. 

Wondering how it will affect their USA branches. Was kinda cool having this sign in Cleveland 

Just what the city needs, more job losses.

It's going to be a ghost town soon.

I do hope the prick James Watt isn't still on social media telling folk how he would fix Britain and save the taxpayer billions.

Now it's been sold off will the people who bought 'shares' when Brewdog started out be able to get weighed in or were they more like donations dressed up as shares and they'll never see a return? 

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34 minutes ago, Bukta Bertie said:

Now it's been sold off will the people who bought 'shares' when Brewdog started out be able to get weighed in or were they more like donations dressed up as shares and they'll never see a return? 

From what I read they can wave their investment goodbye

 

18 minutes ago, Mentorred said:

From what I read they can wave their investment goodbye

 

I would suspect some invested just to be part of it rather than make money. 
 

Shame for the staff and all that but entirely self inflicted by the previous directors. 
 

Beer for people who don’t like beer.