Deschutes Brewery expects to complete their headquarters expansion in January, which includes five new fermentation tanks, and a gift shop and tasting room remodel, designed by BBT. The extra 6,750 square feet will allow Deschutes to brew an extra 105,000 barrels per year. With the expansion of Deschutes, Ten Barrel Brewing’s new brewing facility (which will house an additional 50 barrels), the renovated Brew Shop / Platypus Pub on Highway 97, and a number of other breweries preparing to make their mark on the Bend Ale Trail in the upcoming year, Bend is slowly fermenting its way to becoming Beer City, USA.
R&H Construction recently poured a concrete deck measuring three feet in thickness at Deschutes, using 240 cubic-yards of concrete and 70,000 pounds of rebar. This impressive “deck” was designed by BBT to support the weight of ten fermenting tanks, weighing a total of 2,760,000 pounds with the capacity to brew 310,000 gallons of beer at a time. This is the first phase of a two phase expansion – with the second phase including five more fermentation tanks.
BBT Architects and R&H Construction are designing and building the project, and Walker Structural Engineering is completing the structural design. Visitors are still able to access the brewery for tours, tastings, events and merchandise during construction.
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