How would you design a microbrewery? Do you even know what a microbrewery is and how would it fit into Yamba? Questions over questions. I had them too when this client asked me to create the interior design for his new project. He wants to change is café, bar, restaurant into a microbrewery, which is a great idea. Yamba has more than enough cafés so it would be good to create something new and fresh. So I started to create four mood boards with different ideas and styles. The second mood board I called industrial style and it represents a pretty clean, minimalistic industrial style with typical brewing and modern features. Keep reading to find out more about my idea of a microbrewery industrial style mood board and what a microbrewery actually is.
You missed my first mood board? Than have a look here: Microbrewery Modern Style Mood board.
What is a Microbrewery?
Let’s start with the first question. What is a microbrewery? A microbrewery, also called craft brewery produces small amounts of craft beer. It is independently owned and quality, flavour and brewing technique is more important than brewing big amounts of beer. Most of the homebrew beer is also sold on the premises. You can often see the brewing tanks and everything else which comes with brewing beer in the interior of a microbrewery. It is very popular to give the interior design in a rough and industrial look with metal, glass and wood. But what are my ideas on how to create a microbrewery? Keep reading to find out more about my microbrewery industrial style mood board.
First Step: Barinstorming
Mindmap Yamba 
Mindmap Surfer Style 
Mindmap Brewery
Well I started with doing some brainstorming. What pops up in my mind when I think about a brewery? About Yamba? About surfer style? I got quite a few different ideas and keywords out of the brainstorming, so I created four different mood boards: modern, industrial, surf and boho style. It is always good to create a few different mood boards, so the client can get a few different ideas and you got a lot more to talk about. So what are actually my ideas, materials and visions for an industrial style microbrewery? Keep reading to find out.
My Microbrewery Industrial Style Mood Board
What is an industrial style microbrewery for me? It’s quite a clean design, minimalistic, a bit cooler, but not uncomfortable. It features quite a lot of cold and clean materials, like: Concrete, tiles and polished surfaces. But then there is a lot of wood, too. Well mostly dark. But that gives the design a warm feeling and is a contrast to all the harsh and cold materials. So you get more the feeling you’re entering a little old brewery in a cellar back in Germany. Well that all sounds pretty old school and traditional. That’s not really what we want, isn’t it? So to get it modern, the design features a lot of pipes. Maybe even coloured in bright colours to set an accent. The pipes can be furniture, lights and decoration. So they even might be useful and not just plain decoration.
All those materials combined create a rough, but clean atmosphere. Well, those materials create as well a bit of a quaint feeling, but still with a modern look. Which fits perfectly to a microbrewery and an industrial style interior design. Check it out on my Pinterest board and let me know what you think in the comments below.
Haven’t seen my last mood board? Then check it out: