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Changing the Lead Dog

News broke this month that James Watt has stepped down as the CEO of the embattled Scottish brewery, BrewDog.  How that will, if at all, the problems inside the company will play out but I fear since Watt will still be involved as “captain” and co-founder, while also serving as a non-executive director means that this is not a vast shift in direction.

But, maybe, this is just a first step of many that are needed at the once groundbreaking brewery. Until substantive changes are made, this beer fan is staying away from their beers.

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Skip the Cup

If I needed another reason to not follow this year’s World Cup past the egregious governance of FIFA, how hot it will be on the pitch and the human rights abuses of host Qatar, well here is the proverbial nail in the coffin…

I am 100% sure this commemoratively cloaked Bud will sell like hotcakes but maybe we should all think about Qatar and their whole alcohol issue where there is “zero tolerance for drinking in public and being drunk in public is a crime. Alcohol is available to buy for over 21-year-olds from licensed hotel restaurants and bars.”

Why would one associate with this country?