A former Glasgow nightclub owner, who secured investment for his alternative alcohol company from TV show Dragons’ Den, has appointed a provisional liquidator to the company.
Paul Crawford, who ran the Sub Club, raised money for Beastly Brews, the company behind the world’s first oat milk based cocktail drink, Panther M*lk.
The creamy drink was promoted as a sustainable, plant-based alternative alcoholic beverage, inspired by the traditional Spanish beverage Leche de Pantera.
Despite selling directly to Amazon and supermarket chains such as Asda and the Co-op, the business was left with too much stock and weak cash flow.
After less than five years trading, Mr Crawford was forced to appoint Donald McKinnon of Wbg as provisional liquidator.
Beasty Brews employed seven staff and generated a turnover of circa £175,000 from October 2024 to May 2025. It ceased to trade and all employees were made redundant prior to the provisional liquidator’s appointment.
Commenting on the events leading up to the liquidation, Mr Crawford said: “We had invested in the production of stock in advance with the intention of supplying to Tesco and Sainsbury’s, but both arrangements fell through, leaving us with too much stock, the cost of production to account for, and, ultimately, cashflow difficulties as we sought to offset the stock, resulting in this unfortunate liquidation.
Mr McKinnon added: “It is sad to see the demise of such an innovative drinks company with such great potential.
“The company still holds stock, amounting to around 17,400 of bottles of varying flavours and we are currently exploring opportunities to dispose of this stock to interested parties.”
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