Brewed to Last: How Steel Buildings Are Changing the Brewery Business

Are you thinking of starting a brewery or upgrading to a new facility? A custom steel building gives you the durability and flexibility your business needs. It goes up faster than traditional construction and costs less to maintain. What’s more, it’s easy to customize a steel building to fit your brewing process and storage needs.

Reasons to build your brewery with a prefabricated steel building

Pre-engineered steel buildings offer distinct benefits for entrepreneurs who wish to build a brewery:

• Cost savings – Using a steel building to build a brewery could help you save over 30% on construction costs compared to traditional materials like wood and concrete. This means you can dedicate more resources to factory operating expenses, equipment, and employee incentives.
• Speedy construction – Prefabricated steel structures are ready to assemble as soon as they are delivered to your property. We customize every component to meet your specific functional and aesthetic requirements.

At Armstrong Steel, we provide detailed assembly drawings and anchor bolt patterns with your custom steel building. All major components are pre-punched and ready to bolt together, eliminating the need for extra steps like welding. Plus, we pre-cut and number most parts. You just need to refer to your drawings for a quick and seamless assembly. Your kit also comes with a step-by-step erection guide to streamline the process. This means your brewery will be up and running as soon as possible.

• Flexible designs – Don’t worry about your brewery looking like a warehouse. Our building consultants will help you design it while keeping in mind your aesthetic requirements. Pre-engineered steel buildings are flexible, allowing you to customize the interior space to match your needs. Your brewery can have few to minimum interior columns and a clear-span layout to provide more uninterrupted space for equipment.

This flexibility also means that you can use any interior and exterior finish to customize the look and feel of your brewery. Our custom steel buildings support all roof and wall materials, allowing you to design your brewery your way. You can design your custom steel building to have brick walls or metal panels or use shingles or CMU to create a facade that represents your brand.

• Scalability – Is your business growing? Congratulations! Modular designs simplify expansions to accommodate additional features or increased production. You can expand your building lengthwise or crosswise to meet your growing requirements.
• Durable and strong buildings – No matter where you build your brewery, you can count on a custom steel building to keep it strong and resilient against harsh weather and seismic activity. We meticulously engineer structures to local building loads and codes. Plus, we consider the special needs of breweries to ensure a durable and long-lasting structure with low maintenance requirements.

• Low-maintenance – Steel buildings don’t need extensive upkeep to stay in good shape —just occasional checks and routine maintenance. This means you’ll have more time to focus on your business without worrying about the infrastructure. The galvalume coatings on metal roof panels help prevent corrosion, extending the lifespan of your structure. Plus, the sloped metal roofing and walls are self-cleaning, reducing the risk of mold and mildew growth.

Steel buildings and breweries: More ways to customize

Brewery owners are more than happy to use a custom steel building for their business because it allows them to be operational and realize revenue streams as soon as possible. These buildings speed up the construction timeline, meaning you won’t have to wait too long to start brewing.

• Create custom spaces for your brewery – Steel buildings allow the flexibility to create dedicated manufacturing and production spaces for distilleries and breweries. Clear-span layouts enable high ceilings for lining and stacking rows of barrels in optimum configurations. Plus, column-free interiors allow the seamless movement of equipment and materials.
• Endless expansion options – If you need more space down the road, the custom steel building can expand easily. Even removing one wall can introduce extra space and accommodate infinite extension options.
• Create a multifunctional space – Many breweries today go beyond production—they also have dedicated retail areas and tasting rooms to attract and engage visitors. That means your space needs to be both functional and inviting. A custom steel building makes that easy. You can choose from a wide range of exterior finishes, interior materials, and custom coatings to create a look that fits your brand. Pre-engineered steel buildings also integrate well with other construction materials, giving you the flexibility to design a space that works for your operations and makes a strong impression on your customers.
• Use the best insulation systems – Steel buildings are known for their energy efficiency. That’s because they can easily incorporate rigid board or fiberglass insulation of any thickness to create an energy-tight environment. Plus, you can increase insulation in the roof cavity without removing or modifying the structure. We meticulously engineer these structures with interlocking edges to boost weather tightness. With cool roofing technologies, you can minimize the building’s heat absorption to boost energy efficiency and lower utility costs.

Build your brewery with Armstrong Steel

Order a custom steel building from us, and we’ll help you turn it into your dream brewery. Click ‘Price My Building’ so we can give you a quote, or call 1-800-345-4610 to share your requirements with our experts.