Thank you for inviting us to the table. We have followed Headwaters since the early days on the east side — you have built something rare in Bend: a craft brand with genuine loyalty, a taproom people drive across town for, and beer that earns its shelf space on merit alone.
Now you are going upmarket — a purpose-built flagship that finally gives your brewers the room and the guests the room they deserve. That is exactly the work we love. Ironwood is a commercial general contractor that has spent the last decade building breweries, taprooms, and hospitality spaces across the High Desert. We know the trench drains, the glycol runs, the floor-load math, and the warmth that makes a room feel like yours.
You have outgrown the original taproom. The brewhouse is maxed, the cellar is improvising, and the front-of-house can't seat the crowd you already draw on a Saturday. The new shell on the south corridor gives you the footprint to fix all of it at once — but only if the build sequences production and hospitality as one connected system, not two separate jobs.
The real risk isn't cost — it's coordination. A taproom build lives or dies on the items that cross trades: trench drains under the slab before the brewhouse lands, glycol and CO2 lines roughed before walls close, grease interception and hood routing settled before the kitchen frames. Miss the sequence and the schedule slides three months. Hit it, and you open on time.
We run this as a brewery build first and a tenant improvement second. That means we sit at the table with your brewer and equipment vendor early, then drive the schedule backward from opening day.
Before a single trade mobilizes, we lock the brewhouse, cellar, and kitchen layouts with your vendor so every drain, line, and load is placed once — correctly.
A dedicated Ironwood super lives this job start to finish. You always know who to call, and the trades always know who's in charge.
Open-book budget tracking and a live look-ahead schedule every Friday. No surprises at the end of the month — ever.
We carry the code knowledge for both production and assembly occupancy, so we pass inspection the first time and hand you a room ready to serve.
A complete ground-up build-out of the 6,000 sq ft shell — production, cellar, kitchen, bar, and front-of-house — delivered turnkey and inspection-ready.
Each phase ends in a milestone you can stand in. This is your route from groundbreak to opening day.
Permits finalized, site prepped, underground utilities and footings in.
Trench drains, glycol and CO2 rough-in, reinforced production slab placed.
Structure erected, building dried-in, electrical/HVAC/plumbing rough-in complete.
Brewhouse landed, walk-in and kitchen set, walls closed, finishes begin.
Bar, taproom millwork, lighting, patio, and final trade punch-out.
Final inspections, C of O, systems commissioning, brewer's first test batch.
We don't learn breweries on your dime. We have built them — production floors, taprooms, and the tricky seam where the two meet — and we bring that muscle memory to your slab.
Terms in brief: fixed-price contract on the scope above; standard AIA documents; one-year workmanship warranty plus pass-through of all manufacturer warranties; change orders priced and approved in writing before work proceeds; bonded and insured to $2M. Proposal valid for 30 days from the date above.
Sign below and we begin the seven-month journey to your opening day — equipment-first coordination, a super on site daily, and a fixed price that holds.
We can't wait to pour the first one with you.