Brewdog & the £15,000 solid gold can competition

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

any of our ale supping posters won one?

Brewdog: Watchdog urged to probe solid gold can prize claim

The brewery company could be in hot water as winners dispute the value of the "solid gold" beer cans.

www.bbc.co.uk

if so you may need to join the claim queue.

 

[newusername]

any of our ale supping posters won one?

Brewdog: Watchdog urged to probe solid gold can prize claim

The brewery company could be in hot water as winners dispute the value of the "solid gold" beer cans.

www.bbc.co.uk

if so you may need to join the claim queue.

People really thought they'd get a solid gold can? lol

 

[Primus84]

People really thought they'd get a solid gold can? lol

Well I mean it was advertised as a competition where the prize was a solid gold can so nooooooooo I can't think why they'd think they'd win a solid gold can...

 

[Subbuteo_171]

Utterly misleading and they should be fined for it.

They seem to need a culture change.

 

[NYboro]

Utterly misleading and they should be fined for it.

They seem to need a culture change.

Not just for this....

Former BrewDog staff accuse craft beer firm of culture of fear

Dozens of ex-employees sign open letter claiming they were bullied and treated like objects

www.theguardian.com

 

[ThePrisoner]

Bit like that radio phone in competition where participants thought the prize was a Toyota but turned out to be a toy Yoda.

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

I really liked the Brewdog story and their beer, but boy are they having shoite few weeks.

Just pay the competition winners the 15k and pay the bullied staff the compensation for christ sake.

 

[Trug]

I really liked the Brewdog story and their beer, but boy are they having shoite few weeks.

Just pay the competition winners the 15k and pay the bullied staff the compensation for christ sake.

Otherwise I will buy no more of their stuff

 

[xxlshirts_fit_all]

Bit like that radio phone in competition where participants thought the prize was a Toyota but turned out to be a toy Yoda.

Disappointed, you are….

 

[newusername]

Well I mean it was advertised as a competition where the prize was a solid gold can so nooooooooo I can't think why they'd think they'd win a solid gold can...

A solid gold can would weigh about 6.5kgs & cost £200k.

 

[Primus84]

A solid gold can would weigh about 6.5kgs & cost £200k.

And yet it’s what they advertised the prize as being.

 

[Benjiboy]

Horrid stuff anyway , would want a solid gold can to drink the scented liquid in there

 

[Brian Marwood]

Brewdog proving again that all publicity is good publicity!

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

A solid gold can would weigh about 6.5kgs & cost £200k.

Not necessarily, I’d imagine it would be an actual can rather than a filled one?

 

[Jostler]

I've always liked BD, their story and their marketing activity. They were my go-to for mail-order beer in first lockdown, but this does leave a bad taste. I'm definitely avoiding them for the time being, plenty of other good craft brewers out there.

 

[London_Boro]

Couple of Brewdog beers are ok, much better beer out there on the supermarket shelves.

 

[Emmersons_BrazillianDong]

Couple of Brewdog beers are ok, much better beer out there on the supermarket shelves.

Have to agree. Think they've played such a huge part in bringing it to the masses ans they have some decent beers but there are so many better.

 

[Jostler]

Have to agree. Think they've played such a huge part in bringing it to the masses ans they have some decent beers but there are so many better.

I think they were ahead of their time, before I started drinking them at Uni, I used to drink fosters/carling for instance. But over the past 10 years, so many new craft brewers have popped up the options are endless.

The whole food and drink sector has been revolutionised in the past decade and its almost becoming the thing to do for people wanting to get out of the city and leave their financial jobs to move home and launch a F+D startup. I'm lucky I've worked with quite a few of these brands over the years and I always find the founder's stories intriguing.

 

[S7DiscoDown]

It's pretty blanet false advertising of the prize. Then again I don't know anyone who check small print or T&Cs of such things.

The wording very much suggests it's a solid gold can. I think the best and frankly easiest thing to do is apologise (they have) and just give the guy 15k. I imagine 15k is pretty small for a company like them and it's good 'PR' rather than negative.

They probably spent 15k on legal assistance.

 

[joeydiaz]

The owner posted a LinkedIn update saying he'd paid £500k and mentioned it was over 2 and a half years wages for him, completely failing to mention he's co-owner of a company valued at 2 billion with a personal fortune of around 250 million...

Complete tool.