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 third mood board I called surf style and it represents a pretty rough and uncommon surf style with typical brewing and modern features. Keep reading to find out more about my idea of a microbrewery surf style mood board and what a microbrewery actually is.
Did you miss my first two mood boards? Than have a look here to check out my microbrewery modern style and my industrial 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 surf style mood board.
First Step: Brainstorming
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 a surf style microbrewery? Keep reading to find out.
My Microbrewery Surf Style Mood Board
What is a surf style microbrewery for me? Do the topics surf and brewery even fit together? I think yes and especially in a town like Yamba. Everything is about surf and you’ll find surfboards everywhere. So the design is not so clean, a bit rougher and more unfinished. It’s a bit 1970’s. Well, not everyone’s favourite style, but it fits well to the surf style. Of course then surfing got really popular in the 1970s. So the design of the surf style mood board features orange and brown colours combined with driftwood and less high-end materials. It also has a lot of surf related decoration. You could easily feature some niche surfboards and posters on the wall.
All those materials combined create a kind of unfinished look. It doesn’t look like a high-end design, but it looks comfortable and cosy. It would fit perfectly into Yamba and I recon people would love a brewery designed in that style. The surf style interior design would fit perfectly to a microbrewery as well. Check it out on my Pinterest board and let me know what you think in the comments below.
Haven’t seen my last two mood boards? Then check it out.