Gettin' Punky With BrewDog's Martin Dickie
1h 4m | Dec 21, 2022BrewDog was founded in Scotland in 2007 by two friends, Martin Dickie and James Watt. From the beginning their "punk" attitude has had a tremendous impact on the company, their beers, and their followers, us included.
Meet Martin Dickie, Co-Founder of BrewDog
Growing up in a fishing - or was it farming - we think it was fishing - or was it farming? You'll have to tune in to understand. At any rate, Martin grew up in Scotland and knew from a young age he wanted to be a distiller. Obviously that changed.
Once he embraced his brewing calling, he had dreams "of an incredible looking brewery that was semi-automated." Yeah, that dream has become a reality. Today there are more than 100 BrewDog locations around the world including pubs, breweries, hotels, and more. Producing close to one million hectoliters of beer per year (about 839,000 barrels), BrewDog is no small pup.
Anybody can look up the facts and figures surrounding BrewDog, so we delved deeper into Martin's life. How he knew he wanted to be a distiller. and why he changed his career path, which seemed like it was to be his destiny. We wanted to know more about the punk attitude and why BrewDog had this desire to brew the biggest beers on the planet. BrewDog has laid claim to the world's highest ABV at one time or another.
We got to sit back in a suite in the Doghouse - the world's first brewery hotel (Click here to learn a bit more about BrewDog's DogTap Columbus, home to the Doghouse.), beer in hand, AGM raging just outside, and chat with Martin about life and beer.
For the complete set of show notes, including our story of learning about BrewDog, click here.
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