Brewdog Closure Provides Another Blow for Dickens Yard
Local branch fails to survive cull by new American owners
Picture: Brewdog Ealing
March 3, 2026
The Brewdog bar in Ealing has closed following the collapse of the craft-beer company into administration. The local branch failed to survive a cull of outlets that was made as part of a rationalisation programme by the new American owners of the group.
The bar had opened seven years ago in the heart of Dickens Yard and its departure presents a new challenge for the commercial space in the development
The Ealing branch opened in 2019 as part of the second phase of Dickens Yard’s regeneration, bringing a large taproom, outdoor seating and regular events to the new piazza. It quickly became one of the flagship venues in the development, helping to draw footfall to the emerging restaurant cluster around Longfield Avenue and New Broadway. Landlord Greystar is expected to begin marketing the unit, which is one of the largest licensed premises in the scheme.
Its closure comes after Brewdog’s UK business was placed into administration and sold to US drinks and cannabis company Tilray in a £33m deal. Administrators confirmed that 38 bars across the UK would shut immediately, with 484 redundancies, after they were excluded from the rescue package. The Ealing site is among those that will not reopen.
The administrators said the sale had preserved 733 jobs nationally but that no equity holders, including thousands of small investors in the company’s ‘Equity for Punks’ scheme, would receive any return. Brewdog had been struggling to make a profit in recent years and had already announced job cuts and bar closures before the administration.
The closure also reflects wider pressures in the hospitality sector, with rising costs, changing drinking habits and the lingering effects of the pandemic contributing to a challenging trading environment. Unite the union described the Brewdog redundancies as “devastating”, criticising the short notice given to staff.
Brewdog’s remaining UK bars, along with its Ellon brewery in Aberdeenshire and distribution centre in Motherwell, will continue under Tilray’s ownership. However, the company’s German arm will be liquidated, and negotiations continue over its US and Australian operations.
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