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Who owns this brewery?

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Tilray UK holds the Ellon brewery assets and the BrewDog brand; BrewDog plc itself was not acquired

Answer Status
PARTIALLY
Verification
VERIFIED
Evidence grade
A
Since
2026-03-02
Direct owner
Tilray UK
Ultimate parent
Tilray Brands, Inc.
Last verified
2026-09-06

An asset acquisition out of administration is not the acquisition of the historical legal entity, and Tally does not record it as one.

How Tally knows

Tilray's SEC filings record that on 2 March 2026 Tilray UK acquired certain business operations and assets of BrewDog plc and subsidiaries through a pre-packaged administration in Scotland under the Insolvency Act 1986, for £33m: the Ellon brewery and distillery, the online and retail business, 11 pubs, and the worldwide BrewDog brand and sub-brand intellectual property. BrewDog Brewing Australia Pty Ltd was acquired as a company on 9 March 2026, and the US assets under a separate later agreement. The answer is PARTIALLY because the brewery record conflates a legal entity still in administration with assets now held by a different group.

Evidence

Connections

  • brewdogASSETS_ACQUIRED_BYTilray UK (2026-03-02–present) · grade A
  • brewdogULTIMATELY_OWNED_BYTilray Brands, Inc. (2026-03-02–present) · grade A

What we still don’t know

  • The current status of BrewDog plc in administration, and which historical subsidiaries remain outside the Tilray perimeter, is not established.
  • Which entity operates the Ellon brewery day to day after the transfer is not separately evidenced.

Tally Answer ID: TBU-ANSWER-00000072

Revision 1

The direct controlling owner. The ultimate parent is reported separately and is never collapsed into this answer.

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