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Wbg has been appointed to advise on the provisional liquidation of Beastly Brews, the Glasgow company behind the oat milk-based cocktail Panther M*lk.
Donald McKinnon of the independent accountancy firm is acting as provisional liquidator.
Beastly Brews was founded in 2020 by Paul Crawford, former owner of Glasgow’s Sub Club nightclub, to launch Panther M*lk as a plant-based alternative to traditional cream liqueurs. The drink was inspired by the Spanish cocktail leche de pantera.
Crawford appeared on the BBC programme Dragons’ Den in 2021, securing investment to expand the business. The product was later sold on Amazon and through supermarkets including Asda and the Co-op.
The company employed seven staff and generated turnover of about £175,000 between October 2024 and May 2025. It ceased trading before the liquidator’s appointment, with all staff made redundant.
McKinnon said: “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 bottles of varying flavours and we are currently exploring opportunities to dispose of this stock to interested parties.”
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.”
