Drafting a perfect setting for breweries

Pre-engineered steel structures are the most suitable building solution for creating an ideal environment to produce and taste beer.

Whether your dreams for a brewery lay in a business plan in your drawer or as a functioning project looking to grow, Summit Steel Buildings is ready to help you turn those plans into reality. With manufacturing and building experience within the beer industry, the company is your turn-key provider that can get your operation up-and-running quickly and affordably so you’ll soon be adding yeast and stirring wort to your heart’s content.

To craft the brews that will have patrons demanding more, breweries of all sizes need a dedicated home, regardless if you’re brewing a few hundred or a few hundred thousand litres of lager, ale and stout. After settling on overall size and dimensions and budget, you’ll discover that steel building designs offer affordability and long-term structural strength, providing all the advantages for creating an ideal brewing environment. 

Steel is the reliable and affordable choice

Part of the appeal of pouring your passion into the brewing industry is not just the love for beer, but also to employ a “do it yourself” ethos of doing the best with modest means available. Exercising your artistic craft using sustainable local ingredients, supporting your community and promoting environmentally conscious practices is another big factor. With pre-engineering, affordability and the ability to custom-design your facility, steel buildings are a preferred choice, regardless of budget. Not only does metal construction look great and fit in with the rest of a brewery’s surroundings, the building can be built quickly and responsibly to get your business dreams flowing.

How can steel building construction be both affordable (generally 30% less than the price of traditional construction using brick and mortar or wood) and so quick to build? 

• Solid concrete foundation and pre-engineered steel beam and panel construction use less material and produce less waste meaning lower overall costs
• Cold-formed steel panels arrive pre-welded, pre-cut and pre-hole punched to reduce labour time, ready to support any R-value insulation (and are available in a wide range of exterior finishes)
• Manufacturing materials offsite allows for fewer and less skilled labour on site to build

The recipe for success in this is that your brewery will be up-and-running faster, letting you start brewing and selling rather than waiting on a build.

Steel benefits specific to brewing needs

Choosing to use pre-engineered steel building systems helps benefit your beermaking business in four significant areas:

Production layout – Your stainless-steel conical fermenters are tall and take up a lot of space. Being able to design your production line and workflow without having to worry about structure supports, pillars, low roof trusses or having to punch through concrete load-bearing walls allows you to maximize the efficiency of your operations and enhance quality of beer. The right layout can make a huge difference. Using steel engineering with its wide clear spans creates the ideal brewing production line, with pipes, equity, tanks, filtration treatment systems, bottling lines and storage all in their proper place.

An efficient layout makes your brewing as easy and successful as possible. Our construction also include loading docks — a necessary component for breweries to ship large quantities of product.

Sanitation – Steel and concrete are virtually maintenance-free and easy to clean so you can prevent contamination and stay compliant with health and safety codes and retail regulations. Because steel is inorganic, the facility is resistant to mold, fungus, mildew, inspects and other microorganisms that can ruin the quality of your product.

Rust-free steel walls and concrete floors are much easier to keep clean and help ensure proper drainage. You won’t have to worry about splashing water or excess beer around during fermenting or bottling. A keg sprays or bottle breaks? Don’t worry about it. Quick and easy cleaning up and you’re ready to get back to business! Proper plumbing, insulation and maintenance-free materials mean you spend less time cleaning and repairing and more time brewing.

Design aesthetic – Create the ultimate customer experience with the “wow” factor your works of art deserve! Both your production area and where customers buy and sample beer can share some of the same space as well as a similar look. Your building’s steel design complements the stainless steel of your production equipment and the other metals and wood used in the bar and tasting rooms.

Pre-engineered panels arrive pre-finished in a wide variety of colours and finishes that can be combined with other natural materials to create an impressive look and atmosphere. Customers will be thrilled to see your brewery for the first time and even more excited to return for more!

Future expansion – Summit Steel Buildings’ modular steel framing engineering uses an open-ended design so you can add more length to your building quickly at an affordable cost. You will never be limited by the footprint of your existing building as your business scales and grows. Metal buildings can be easily built around other buildings or existing equipment to reduce interruption to your operation during construction and prevent downtime that would cost your money. 

Go from draft to draught quickly with a pre-engineered steel building 

Steel building design offers affordability, flexibility and the long-term structural strength you’ll need to create your ideal brewing environment. Whether you’re still in the planning stages or already have a popular business that is looking to grow production to meet current and future demand, Summit Steel Buildings is ready to help turn your beer dreams into reality. Contact our team for a free quote and to receive initial drawings of your brewery building.
Contact us today at 877-417-8335 for a free quote.