5 places you won't find a BrewDog bar
10.02.2012
2012 is the year of the BrewDog bar and we've got a number of new bars in production up and down the country but in true BrewDog style, the hunt for our next, biggest and best location is already under way. The search for the perfect craft beer bar location has taken us far and wide, fueled by tip-offs from Twitter and suggestions from our family of Equity for Punks shareholders. In this time we've managed to develop a hit list of potential locales as well as a list of places that we quite simply wouldn't touch with a barge pole. That's right, the kind of locations where you'd rather open up a vein for the leech doctor than try and open a bar. Need a little more insight into the kind of places that WON'T feature a BrewDog bar? Here's our top 5:
Mount Pleasant, Texas: We like America. It's pretty much where the craft beer revolution began and we're honoured to work with some of the US' most rockin' brewers. We'd eventually love to be able to open up a bar there but when it comes to location, Mount pleasant ain't one of them. A 'dry' county, Mount Pleasant like many American towns has chosen to cling on to prohibition by favouring beverages of the non-alcoholic variety. This pretty much shoots down any hope of us opening a craft beer bar...unless, of course, we want to cause swarms of placard-waving locals to gather around Walmart in a bid to chase us out of town. Another fact about Mount Pleasant – it was once home to 'Radar', the world's tallest living horse. If being in close proximity to the world's tallest living horse becomes a stipulation for our bars we will definitely reconsider Mount Pleasant.
Yemen: From 'dry' county to 'dry' country now and it looks like we can score Yemen off our list as well thanks to the laws against public alcohol consumption. While all that anti-government uprising and bubbling political tension is something of a draw – surely this is something best discussed and debated over a drink – we're not sure whether this drink should be a beer or, more precisely, a BrewDog beer. I mean we love craft beer, don't get us wrong, we're just not sure whether we're ready to to get flogged for selling it...
St Kilda, Scotland: Right, so we're pretty sure Scotland isn't going to become a dry country anytime soon which means we're all ears to suggestions about which location should become the next Brewdog hotspot. St Kilda, however, is one we've already struck off the list. Existing bar with rustic stonework potentially in need of renovation – check. Stunning views – check. Currently uninhabited and accessible only by helicopter – check. Wait! What? While St Kilda is one of just five UNESCO world heritage sites in Scotland, the lack of potential punters is a bit off putting. Currently used as a military base, equipped with its own bar (the 'Puff-Inn'...we like what they did there), we think we'll be giving St Kilda a miss for the time being.
Verkhoyansk, Siberia: A hop, skip and a ten hour flight from St Kilda and you might find yourself in the wintery wonderland that is Verkhoyanksk, a part of Serbia that lies within the Arctic Circle. We're familiar with beer at freezing temperatures – we loved spending time in the ice cream factory down the road from the brewery so much that we made sure that Tactical Nuclear Penguin had to be frozen a whopping four times. Location, as they say, is everything though and when you can only access your bar in the winter when the lakes are frozen over and your clientele have something of a come and go nature about them due to their jobs as professional reindeer herders, it proves that Verkhoyansk probably isn't going to be the location for our next BrewDog bar after all.
Disneyland, Florida: And then there's just some places where we have to draw the line. BrewDog's mission will always be to over through the corporate monotony of the mainstream but we're not sure we can deal with corporate monotony on the scale that it's sown at Disneyland. Glitter spewing from every orifice and home to people who make their living from hugging small children while dressed as 'life sized' cartoon characters...all of this really isn't our scene. For the time being, it's probably best if we leave sorting out Walt to another day.
So there you have it – 5 locations where you shouldn't expect to see a BrewDog bar in the near future. In the meantime, if you've got any suggestions on where we should park our craft beer quest, let us know.
We want you to help us find the location for the next BrewDog bar – and we are willing to pay for your help. This is treasure hunt meets Challenge Annika with a punk beer twist!
We want you to submit brief proposals to us on available licensed premises in your area. And if we take you up on the proposal, we will pay you £1000 in cash and £500 in beer and goodies for helping us out as well as giving you a lifetime discount in the new bar. In addition, any proposals which we follow up on will receive some BrewDog merchandise.
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I like the idea of a BD bar in Shetland, as I usually visit there every year. But, last time they tried a real ale pub (Captain Flints, Lerwick), it didn't last too long, as not enough folk bought the beer.
Keep on looking (in the free world) .........
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Erick 10.02.2012
Serious: There used to be a really good bar called the Hop Duvel in Ghent. I believe it is still there but has been made over and tarted up and lost its character. Any chance of a BD bar to replace it and tempt me back on the Eurostar?
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Place for BrewDog bar - Moscow!
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Brussels is a mecca for beer drinkers the world over and would provide an excellent shop front for BrewDog to raise its profile across the planet. Leuven (15 minutes by train from Brussels) is a great student city and would be perfect for another BD bar so that we can achieve economies of scale with Belgian bars.
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