BrewDog has closed the fourth round of its record-breaking crowdfunding scheme, Equity for Punks, having raise an impressive £19m.
The funds raised will be funding the building of a larger brewery in Ellon, which will increase capacity fivefold, as well as launching BrewDog’s US brewery in Columbus, Ohio. The group is sinking over $30m to build its brand new brewery Stateside to help meet the demand for BrewDog beers in America.
The craft brewery will also be focusing on building a sour beer facility in Aberdeenshire, launching BrewDog’s distillery, Lone Wolf, and other projects such as developing the BrewDog canned beer range, and growing the international bar division with new venues pencilled for Amsterdam, Malmö and Warsaw.
BrewDog will also be opening new sites in Southampton and York in the next couple of months. Dalston Hop Works, a bar and home brew shop, is also planned.
BrewDog, which is now supported by a 42,000 strong army of Equity Punks, has 43 bars and BottleDogs globally, employs 540 people, exports to 55 countries, and brewed 65 beers in the last year alone. In 2015, sales in the UK surged by 131%, making BrewDog the number one craft brewery in the UK.