Episode 276: They sold the brewery. Bought it back. And did it all again – the Eight Degrees Brewing story
That Great Business ShowShow Notes
On Episode 276 of That Great Business Show, Conall Ó Móráin sits down with Scott Baigent (Kiwi) and Cameron "Cam" Wallace (Aussie), founders of Eight Degrees Brewing in Mitchelstown, Cork.
Their story is business at its rawest. They arrived in Ireland for love. They stayed for negative equity. They helped kick-start the Irish craft beer movement. They created 88 unique beers, won global awards, sold the business to Irish Distillers… and then, when most people would have gone to the beach, they bought the brewery back again.
On this episode, they talk honestly about: how hard early-stage business really is being pushed off supermarket shelves financing massive infrastructure with no outside investors shipping a brewery from Mauritius to Mitchelstown selling out, buying back, and starting again and why reinvention is not optional in tough markets
This is a masterclass in graft, resilience, and staying in the game when the odds are stacked. Powered by De Facto Shaving Oil – the all-Irish, all-natural shave, made in Mayo and sold worldwide. Listen now.
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