{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f6db0ab2dc2346e2dd1a808/694ac03209314afbec36b933?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 276: They sold the brewery. Bought it back. And did it all again – the Eight Degrees Brewing story","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f6db0ab2dc2346e2dd1a808/1766500026274-0d28c98a-3aa6-4ead-a322-0774a0117ddb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On Episode 276 of <em>That Great Business Show</em>, Conall Ó Móráin sits down with <strong>Scott Baigent</strong>&nbsp;(Kiwi) and&nbsp;<strong>Cameron \"Cam\" Wallace</strong>&nbsp;(Aussie), founders of <strong>Eight Degrees Brewing</strong> in Mitchelstown, Cork.</p><p><br></p><p>Their story is business at its rawest.</p><p>They arrived in Ireland for love.</p><p>They stayed for negative equity.</p><p>They helped kick-start the Irish craft beer movement.</p><p>They created <strong>88 unique beers</strong>, won global awards, sold the business to Irish Distillers… and then, when most people would have gone to the beach, they <strong>bought the brewery back again</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>On this episode, they talk honestly about:</p><ul><li>how hard early-stage business really is</li><li>being pushed off supermarket shelves</li><li>financing massive infrastructure with no outside investors</li><li>shipping a brewery from Mauritius to Mitchelstown</li><li>selling out, buying back, and starting again</li><li>and why reinvention is not optional in tough markets</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This is a masterclass in graft, resilience, and staying in the game when the odds are stacked.</p><p>Powered by <strong>De Facto Shaving Oil</strong> – the all-Irish, all-natural shave, made in Mayo and sold worldwide.</p><p>Listen now.</p><p><br></p><p>And if you like it, share it with <strong>one other business owner</strong> – that’s how we grow the tribe.</p>","author_name":"Conall Ó'Móráin"}