Payments made from Scottish Government to BrewDog: FOI release

Information requested

How much money has the Scottish Government given to Brewdog in each of the last five years, with a breakdown per year and what the money was spent on?

Response

The answer to your question is:

a) Breakdown as part of Lost Forest Project – at the time the payments were made it was a limited liability company solely owned by BrewDog PLC.

	Contract Number
Year	21FGS62745	23FGS70793	Total (£)
2025/26	£0	£0	£0
2024/25	£74,859.66	£20,824.92	£95,684.58
2023/24	£765,846.56	£225,855.72	£991,702.28
2022/23	£115,718.60	£0	£115,718.60
2021/22	£0	£0	£0
			£1,203,105.46

*These payments were made against two Forestry Grant Scheme Woodland Creation contracts, for the creation, protection (fencing) and maintenance of new woodland.

** The £1.2m shown in the table above includes the £1.1m referenced in the July 2025 FOI regarding the Lost Forest Project, plus a further £95,684.58 payment made for the 2024/25 year that had not been paid at the point the original FOI was answered.

b) Breakdown as part of Energy Improvements:

Year	Amount	Description
21/22	N/A
22/23	N/A
23/24	N/A
24/25	£175,000	A grant through the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund towards an industrial energy efficiency project at their Ellon manufacturing site.
25/26	N/A

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