With Equity for Punks IV, plus further considerable investment from Anchor, Brewdog are pushing to raise the funds that will transform them into a truly global brand. In craft beer, that means having a strong, visible presence in the US. Brewdog already has strong links with many US breweries including Stone, Oskar Blues, and the aforementioned Anchor, but in order to put more of their own beer into US hands they’re determined to start brewing Stateside. But why Ohio?

“Within 500 miles of Columbus you’ve got half the American population, so distribution-wise it makes a lot of sense,” Watt explains. “We wanted to go East Cost because it’s easier for our staff to get to from Scotland and it’s slightly less saturated with the type of beers that we make.”

You get the sense that Columbus is only the start of Watt’s plans for Brewdog in North America. You only have to look at their rapid expansion in Europe to see how this could pan out. A decade from now you could well be sat in a Brewdog bar on the Californian coast, sipping a fresh Born to Die IPA.