Metal Panels Add Rustic Appeal

A microbrewery adds regional fl avor, energy effi ciency, and sleek style to its plant and pub.

While the main building is clad in sleek, insulated metal panels, the entrance to the microbrewery uses post-andbeam construction to add a warm, lodge-like feel.

Southern Tier Brewing Co., Lakewood, NY, tural stone veneer and wainscoting of a conhas grown rapidly since its inception in crete material with a wood-like appearance. 2002. It now produces more than 30,000 barrels of beer annually. One of the primary A cozy pub reasons for this rapid success is its ownThe DeMinks originally intended for the Empty ers’ attention to the consistent quality of its Pint, Southern Tier’s popular pub, to be a sepaaward-winning products. The company’s new rate structure. As the plans evolved, however, it building reflects that same attention to quality became a timber-structure fi t within the initial and detail. Its architectural style reflects its building itself—and its architectural focal point. location. A slate-tile fl oor, stone bar, and custom-fi tted Phineas and Sara DeMink began their busicabinetry along one wall complete the décor. ness in an existing building in the Stoneman “The wood interior creates a warm appearance,” Business Park, a site owned by the Chautauqua said company spokesperson Nathan Arnone. “It’s County Industrial Development Agency in really, really nice.” western New York State. The area is home to a A cozy and comfortable retreat in winter, number of ski resorts, and the DeMinks wanted the pub opens onto a paved outdoor patio. a brewery customized to their needs and a pub “Post-and-beam construction was used to build with a rustic, lodge-like appeal. the pub structure, and it was carried over to the The DeMinks chose Kessel Construction outdoor patio extending from it,” said Webster. Inc., Bradford, PA, as their design-build contracA dramatic timber canopy, capped with MR-24 tor. They selected a site across the street from the metal roof panels and translucent panels, exoriginal building. tends over the patio. A similar, smaller canopy A fl exible plan main entrance. Three phases of conThe continuing struction were planned. success of Southern The fi rst was a 19,250-sq.- Tier’s award-winning ft. structure. Its primary ales quickly led to the focus was, of course, the construction of Phase II, brewery. a 7,500-sq.-ft. conditionThe DeMinks ing room for the brewery needed to install more with its own 1,600-sq.-ft. equipment in a space mezzanine to support a tailored to their needs. box erector and bottling In an area where winter line. temperatures can reThe interior spaces, including the brewery itself, are Because climate main below freezing for more energy effi cient thanks to insulated metal pancontrol was critical months at a time, energy els on the exterior walls and roof. The panels provide a clean, low-maintenance fi nish for the interior. in this area, Kessel effi ciency was an imporspecifi ed a Butler Thertant concern. With the maLiner insulation syscompany’s growing success, it would be ideal to tem. Best described as a “metal sandwich,” the have a building that was easy to expand. Buildinsulation comprises a thick fi berglass blanket ing systems from Butler Mfg, Kansas City, MO, between an MR-24 roof system and interior metal met those needs. liner panels matching the ceiling of the main The design team chose Butler’s Widespan plant. It delivers an insulating value of R-25. structural system. The system can easily exThe eventual Phase III will be a 17,500-sq.- pand, allowing plenty of fl exible, column-free ft. production room. “The structures—the fi rst space for the brewing equipment. It also accomand the new addition—have all been planned to modates a 2,600-sq.-ft. mezzanine, which will receive the expansion,” said Al Webster, Kessel’s be used for long-term storage. The structure technical advisor. “Everything, through the zonwas topped with a low-maintenance CMR-24 ing and the structural plans, is already in place.” standing-seam roof system that includes rigid The Southern Tier owners wanted curb apboard with an insulating value of R-19 and an peal, and they got it, whether their visitors come interior steel-liner panel to give the plant ceiling to take weekend brewery tours or to help fi ll the a clean, fi nished look. Empty Pint. “The appearance is just right for our For the exterior, Kessel created higharea. It has just the right touch,” said Arnone. thermal composite walls consisting of Butler’s protects the building’s Shadowall wall system, rigid-board insulation for free information, CIRCLE 15 with an insulating value of R-15.8, and metaland visit our digital magazine at liner panels for the interior walls. Outside, the www.cbpmagazine.com/digital/may2013 Shadowall panels were accented with architecand click on the icon.