BrewDog To Open 11 International Bars In 2019

Few craft breweries think as big as BrewDog and no craft brewing organization in the world has their current scale and reach. And now they’ve plans to open eleven new BrewDog Bars in some of the world’s most exciting cities in 2019.

Here’s the deal…

To understand the intrinsic importance of BrewDog’s UK and international bar network, one only has to look to the traditional pub and brewery distribution system in the United Kingdom, where large pub chains serve as outlets for the company sanctioned beer that is served chain wide.

Some breweries such Fuller’s have opted to cut out the middleman and build their own network of pubs that cater almost exclusively to their brand…And over the years BrewDog has been building a national and international network of bars with a similar model.

In 2010 BrewDog threw open the doors to their first UK bar in Aberdeen Scotland and they never looked back. The last time we counted the company had opened 40 BrewDog Bars in the UK including a new hub in London’s financial district and their first airport bar ever in Edinburgh, Scotland.

And in addition to having acquired the enormously successful Draft House craft beer chain, which operates 14 bar’s across London and in England’s southeast in 2018, BrewDog has announced plans to open nine new UK bars this year…

But it’s the company’s international plans in some of the world’s most exciting cities that we find most intriguing…

Last September they opened a new BrewDog Bar in Reykjavik, Iceland. And they followed that up last November with another new outlet in Budapest.

And here are some of the exciting international cities where BrewDog will be opening new bars in 2019…

Cincinnati – BrewDog’s third bar in Ohio is scheduled to arrive in the Queen City in mid-summer.

Indianapolis – Following Cincy they’ll be moving across state lines to Indiana. BrewDog Indianapolis will be another summer opening.

Shanghai – BrewDog is in the process of finalizing a location for their first bar in the largest city in China.

Kuala Lumpur – Another Asian city that the company has had its eye on for a while now, BrewDog plans to open in the capital of Malaysia within the next few months

Toronto – Having agreed a deal and signed the lease,  BrewDog Toronto will be the company’s first outlet in Canada.

–Paris – Another iconic international destination they’ve been circling for years, BrewDog Paris will open in 2019 followed by a second location (this one a brewpub) something they are playfully calling BrewDog Paris Part Deux.

Hamburg – BrewDog has chosen the gritty St Pauli neighborhood for its first bar in Germany’s second largest city.

Helsingborg – Following the recent opening in Norrköping, BrewDog will be opening another Scandinavian bar in Helsingborg, the company’s sixth in Sweden.

Brisbane – Having broken ground on their new Australian brewery in Queensland last summer, BrewDog Brisbane will also debut in 2019.

Dublin Outpost – Currently at the licensing stage, BrewDog hopes to open another international brewpub in Ireland this year.