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Coating systems for craft breweries: What’s on your brewery floor matters

September 8, 2015Jason Morgan

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As your craft brewery’s revenue increases and cash flow hits a steady stream, those farfetched dreams of brewery expansion or adding a location quickly become a reality. Here at Craft Brewing Business (CBB), we’ve covered everything your next brewery would need–from cylindroconical fermenters to automated packaging systems. Yet there is one important aspect of a brewery that is easily overlooked, even though you’re standing on top of it: Your brewery’s floor coating. Today’s coatings offer everything from heat and chemical to impact and thermal shock resistance. In short, floor coatings have you covered when it comes to safety and brewery productivity, but how do you go about selecting the best coating for your brewery?

paul koury westcoatWe’re glad you asked! We caught up with Paul Koury, president of Westcoat Specialty Coating Systems, a leading innovator and manufacturer of specialty coatings for use by professionals in the design and construction industry. For more than 30 years, Westcoat has pioneered new formulas and systems specifically for waterproofing, epoxy, surface and texture coating applications. In the craft brewing industry, Westcoat has worked with the likes of Ballast Point, Knee Deep Brewing, Stone Brewing and Societe Brewing Co., to name a few. Today, Paul is going to take us through the ins and outs of selecting the proper floor coating for your craft beer operation.

CBB: Hi Paul. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Let’s get right into it: Why is it important for a brewery to consider a floor coating? And give us an example of a coating system that typically fits a craft brewery application.

Koury: Without an appropriate floor coating, the concrete will stain, degrade and in some cases fail. A chemical-resistant coating is a must for a craft brewery, otherwise the concrete will stain at a minimum, but more likely degrade, as the beer will eat the concrete. Floor coatings such as the Temper-Crete system help protect the concrete substrate from the harsh exposure to water and chemicals. It’s our heavy-duty, heat-resistant urethane cement for brewing, bottling and canning area floors.

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CBB: Interesting. It sounds like the application is going to play a big role in determining the proper coating; so, a coating system that might be a good fit for a production brewery might not be the best solution for the restaurant side of a brewpub.

Koury: Exactly. A urethane cement coating, such as Westcoat’s Temper-Crete System, for example, is ideal for the brew facility, due to its durability, heat resistance and chemical resistance. This application also works very well in the bottling and kegging spaces due to its impact resistance. It can handle the forklifts, pallet jacks and kegs. The Temper-Crete Industrial system, on the other hand, can be applied to sloped substrates where adjacent floor drains are located.

For the restaurant side of a brewpub, some of the factors to consider are: High-heat, skid-resistance and cove applications to mention a few. Westcoat’s EC-50 Novolac is a high-heat resistant epoxy that can handle greater temperatures around oven and cooking areas. Nonskid coatings and additives are suitable when grease and other conditions are present, to keep the staff and patrons from slipping and falling. Grinding, staining and sealing the concrete with products such as our Fast Stain with a protective polyurethane sealer is one concrete restoration process for the front of the house, such as tasting or serving areas, that is highly decorative, durable and chemical-resistant. We also offer a full product line of epoxy applications that would be suitable for bathrooms, kitchens and food prep areas. Lastly, cove applications will help with meeting local codes and requirements and will aid in keeping a space clean.

CBB: Meeting codes and requirements is definitely important. What are the biggest rules that brewers need to be sure they meet in their production breweries?

Cliff hanger! Check out the answer by clicking “Next Page” Or skip it and have a floor that doesn’t meet code.

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  1. David Ryan says

    January 1, 2016 at 6:22 am

    Hi, I am quite impressed with the lists of coating systems you have mentioned for brewery floors. I wanted to know personally, which one would be best if I choose for my project.

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