Business Chief US+CAN Magazine January 2018 | Page 11

LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY

“ BrewDog US for BrewDog ’ s Amercian expansion plans . “ Our beers are available at retail and on tap throughout the state of Ohio ,” confirms Robinson , who reveals further expansion in the Columbus area to cement the brewer ’ s US base camp . “ We ’ ve just opened the Short North Bar and Franklinton will open in spring 2018 .” The state of the art 100,000 sq ft eco brewery occupies a 42-acre site at Canal Winchester in Columbus and is running on all cylinders confirms Robinson . “ Right now , we ’ re capable of producing 110,000 barrels , or more than 1.5mn cases , annually . Once we expand production to full capacity , the output will reach 550,000 barrels

is very much like an earlystage startup . It ’ s absolute mayhem , and I ’ m completely in my comfort zone ”

– Tanisha Robinson , CEO , BrewDog USA
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