BUCKLEDOWN BREWING

Production Brewery and Tasting Room
Lyons, Illinois

Starting with a rough slate of an auto repair facility, Epic Builders stepped in to design and build out an immaculate and impressive 4,500 square foot state-of-the-art production brewery, complete with a tasting room. Working with BuckleDown Brewing, Epic implemented an innovative and rustic vision in this reclaimed space: beautiful bow trusses frame the barrel-shaped roof, installation of a 15-barrel brew house, 30 barrel fermenters, and bright tank completely visible from the tasting room. Owners Ike and Sean brew their successful (and national) beer by day, and see their happy customers and friends enjoy it at night. What an experience for all!

SCOPE

Design-build of 4,500 SF
Conversion of space from auto-repair to production brewery
Creation of tasting room
15-barrel brew house installation
30 barrel fermenters and bright tank

“Our brewery construction project had to be completed under a very tight timeline. Epic worked very closely with us to ensure that the project phases stayed on-time and on-budget. Mike and his team were always very responsive and were on-site almost every day. We had a pretty large group of non-Epic employees working on the site, as well; Mike ensured that everyone worked together, and communicated, so that we were able to avoid any of the usual delays caused by working on this kind of job site. I’d recommend Epic Builders for any brewery or brewpub.”

-Ike Orcutt, Co-Owner and Head Brewer of BuckleDown Brewing