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Scott Begbie: James Watt says he’s heartbroken – but what about the 200,000 BrewDog ‘Punks’ left dry?

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10.03.2026

I’ve got a question for “heartbroken” James Watt after his BrewDog creation crashed and burned… when do I get my money back for my Equity For Punks share?

Never, is the answer, of course, and I’m not the only one asking. There’s 200,000 of us Equity Punks sitting with no more to show for putting our money in than an empty beer glass.

And all of us – beer lovers every one – coughed up our cash because this was a project we passionately believed in.

At least for me it was a token investment, a buy-in to help a then underdog while scoring bar discounts and an invite to the mayhem of the BrewDog AGM.

But for others, there’s thousands of pounds of their money vanished faster than a pint of lager in a........

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