BrewDog Pittsburgh Has Closed
BrewDog Pittsburgh Has Closed
With no fanfare or swan song, BrewDog Pittsburgh has closed. Their location is listed as “Permanently Closed” on Google, Google Maps, and other such similar sites (as you can see above).
They have also quietly deleted / closed / de – activated their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts for this specific location (leaving up their regular BrewDog accounts).
If you go to their website and go to their ‘bar locator’ you will see they have also removed BrewDog Pittsburgh from their category of locations. (See that here: BrewDog Bar Locator.)
James Watt’s LinkedIn Post
Just a half hour ago, James Watt has posted a LinkedIn article here:
It reads:
BrewDog CEO & Co-Founder 🏴 Great beer that’s great for the planet 🍻🌍 3h
We are making some announcements today about our bars. Details are below but the headlines are: increased pay for our crew, the introduction of a fairer bonus scheme and that we have also taken the tough decision to close four bars. It adds up to a plan that will help us weather the economic storm at a time when bars and pubs are closing in the UK at a rate of one every 12 hours.
Since 2014 we have been a Real Living Wage employer. it’s something we’re really proud of. Paying the Real Living Wage is rare in hospitality and the current market backdrop is making it increasingly hard to retain.
Our crew are amazing. They’re what make a BrewDog bar a BrewDog bar. That’s why I’m really pleased that our UK crew will recieve new pay rates averaging an additional £1 an hour in line with the Real Living Wage. I hope these new rates will help our people during this difficult period. We are still way ahead of our industry peers on pay – 14.6% ahead to be precise.
But there is no getting away from it, the UK hospitality sector is under massive pressure. Earlier today we met with the bar teams in Leicester, Brixton, Clapham & Pittsburgh to let them know that these bars will be closing. All team members without exception have been offered continued employment within BrewDog.
Closing bars that we love is always difficult. However, the increased cost of goods and run-away energy bills mean that we can’t continue to operate these venues. I want to thank all our team members who worked so hard in these bars, and I truly share your sadness in them closing.
We do remain committed to building our global bar footprint and we expect to open eight new bars this year.
In May last year we announced that we would be sharing 50% of bar profits with our team. This had never been seen in hospitality before. But then the full effect of the energy crisis took hold. Costs spiralled & the economic situation deteriorated badly.
Put bluntly, there is not much point sharing 50% of bar profits if there is little or no profit to share. That’s why, after an extensive consultation with our team, we’re moving to a new program called Customer Champions. Where the bars meet a customer service quality target, all hourly paid crew will be paid £1 extra for each hour they worked that month. This will be on top of a 10% profit share program too!
I am really pleased about this because, at a time when others might cut corners, we need to be totally obsessive about the quality of our beers and the quality of the experience in our bars. If we do that, then when the economic situation improves, we will be in the best shape we’ve ever been.
We are doing all we can to get the business through these challenging times while doing the best we can by our people and staying true to the ethos that makes BrewDog unique. Thank you all as always for your feedback and support.
James Watt – LinkedIn Post (3.23.23)
BrewDog vs. Guinness
This all comes on the heels of weeks after weeks of social media posts and advertisements of BrewDog branding all but calling out Guinness Brewing. With posts showing them drinking their own beer – Black Heart Stout – in front of Guinness locations and stating how much better theirs is. This ‘advertisement tactic’ has drawn much ire in the online community and there was much blow back on social media pages.
Read the article here: BrewDog vs. Guinness
BrewDog Controversies
BrewDog is certainly not new to controversies, most of which have been well catalogued. From the recent Reddit post discussing the BrewDog Pittsburgh closure, you can even find a listing of some of their recent scandals:
Some examples:
BrewDog Pittsburgh is Closed Closed (/r/Beer)
- stealing ideas from fake job interviews
- the owner is a terrible person
- more about the owner
- open letter to the company and owner from former employees
From that same Reddit page, it also seems that BrewDog Pittsburgh employees were given no notice of the closure until heads up. A Twitter thread follows it here: It appears they also gave their employees no notice whatsoever, in typical BrewDog fashion,
Brewery News
Interested in finding out about many other brewery openings, new locations, closings, movings, and in general brewery news? You can check out our links below:
- Other Half Brewing Company Opening Friday 2.18.22 in Philadelphia
- Midwest Coast Brewery Opening
- Boulevard Presidents Steps Down Amidst Allegations
- Brewery Opening: Howling Henry’s (Hummelstown)
- Brewery Opening: Highway Manor (Camp Hill)
- Brewery Opening: Rotunda Brew Pub (Hershey)
- Is JB LoveDraft’s Opening a Brewery?
- Tattered Flag at Hollywood Casino – Grantville – Opening Their 5th Location
- JB LoveDraft’s Grand Opening (Mechanicsburg)
- ZeroDay Opens Their New Tap Room (Harrisburg)
- Victory Brewery Fire and Explosion (Kennett Square)
- Sign of the Horse Brewery is Expanding in Hanover (Taking Over the Old Miscreation Brewery)
- Brewery Tour: Couch Brewery (Pittsburgh)
- Brewery Visit: Mellow Mink (Mechanicsburg)
- A Sneak Peak at the new Rubber Soul Brewery (Hummelstown)
- Rubber Soul Grand Opening (Hummelstown)
- VooDoo Lancaster Closing
- River Bend Hop Farm and Brewery Closes
- Homaide Brewing Says Goodbye To Their First Home
- Grand Opening of Hemauer Brewing (Mechanicsburg)
- Rally Point Tap Room Opening – Cox Brewing Company – Elizabethtown
- Spigot Brewing Closes
- Full Pint Brewing Closes
- Night Shift Brewing Cancels Expansion
- Mikkeller Brewing NYC Closes Permanently
- Pilger Ruh Brewing Needs Your Help (Pottsville)
- Official BBQ (Pizza Boy Secondary Location) (Rutherford)
- Aslin Beer Co. Now Ships to Pennsylvania
- Boneshire Brew Works to Open Second Taproom in Harrisburg (Harrisburg)
- Aslin Beer Company Confirms Expanding to Pittsburgh
- Rural City Beer Company Coming to Beamstown PA
- Grand Opening of Forest and Main’s New Brewpub
- New Bells-gium – New Belgium Owned Company Buys Bell’s Brewery
- Human Robot Expanding to Jenkintown
- High Road Brewing Company Coming to Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in Summer 2022
- YAH Brewing’s First Can Drop
- RAR Brewing’s Star Wars Can Drop
- Arboretum Trail Brewing Company Opens Their Doors Tomorrow
- Macklin Brewing Company in Development
- Michaux Brewing Company Grand Opening
- Shy Bear Brewing Announces Two New Locations
- Newfangled Brew Works Announces Closure
- Fourscore Beer Company Celebrates Their 3rd Anniversary
- Penn Brewery Announces Sale and Owner’s Retirement
- Voodoo Brewing Company To Open Brewpub on North Shore of Pittsburgh – August 27th
- Truth Beer Company’s Grand Opening
- Sobel’s Obscure Brewery’s Grand New Location and Opening
- Boneshire Brew Works Celebrates 6th Anniversary
- Funk Brewing Company – Elizabethtown Brewery – Fire
- Funk Brewing Company – Elizabethtown Brewery – Fire Update
- Victory Taproom in Kennett Square Re – Opens
- Pour Man’s Brewery Is Moving Their Tap Room
- Qatar Bans Alcohol Sales at World Cup 2022
- Second Sin Brewery Company Celebrates Third Anniversary
- Round Guys Brewing Company’s Brewpub in Lansdale is Getting a Revamp
- VK Brewing Officially Opens at Historic Ship Inn
- Rocket Frog Brewing Company Announces Closure on December 11th
- Where to Watch the USA vs Netherlands World Cup Game – in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia
- Liquid Noise Brewing Company Announces the Show is Ending (Brewery Closure)
- Looks Like Homaide Brewing Company Might Be Done (January 2023)
- Old Soul Brewing Starting up in Waynesboro Pennsylvania
- Cox Brewing Company Returning to Their Roots
- Helping the Hemauer Family
- Cellar Works Brewing Closing Cooper Station
- Imprint Beer Company Unveils The GNARCADIUM
- Blueprint Brewing Company Announces Their Closing on March 31st
- Pilger Ruh Brewing is Expanding into Gettysburg
- Back Porch Brewing Grand Opening
- Jigsy’s Old Forge Pizza and Brewpub is Expanding into Hershey
- LoveDraft’s Brewery Sabotaged
- Homaide Brewing Company Resurfaces
- Sign of the Horse Brewery Announces Closure of Zeichen des Pferdes and Re – Branding
- Mount Gretna Craft Brewery in Palmyra Announces Closing Immediately
- The Englewood Announces Re – Opening
- AB InBev Closes Cleveland’s Platform Brewing Company
- Full Tit Brewing Closing
- Camp Hill Brewery – High Road Brewing – Plans Scrapped
- YAH Brew is Coming to Hershey in Spring 2023
- Bespoke Brewing Moving and Expanding
- BrewDog Pittsburgh Has Closed
- Isle of Que Brewing – The Que Brew Crew – Has Announced Their Closing
- Brewery Closings – Archives
- Brewery Openings – Archives
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