Heating for Breweries and Taprooms

Breweries and taprooms have a knack for transforming industrial buildings into welcoming spaces where customers can enjoy great beer, food and company. However, heating these spaces comfortably and economically can be a real challenge.

Often housed in large industrial units with high ceilings, open-plan layouts and roller shutter doors, breweries and taprooms are notoriously difficult to heat using conventional heating systems. Keeping the entire building warm can be expensive, particularly when doors are regularly opened and warm air quickly escapes.

At BN Thermic, we have extensive experience designing heating systems for breweries and taprooms. Having worked with a number of well-known names in the craft beer world, including DEYA, Track, 40FT, Beak, Left Handed Giant and Sureshot, we understand the challenges these unique spaces present.

Below, we explain how shortwave quartz halogen heaters provide an effective, economical way to keep customers comfortable without the need to heat the entire building.

The Challenge of Heating Breweries & Taprooms

Many breweries start life in industrial premises. While these buildings offer the space and flexibility needed for brewing operations, they are not necessarily designed with customer comfort in mind.

There are several common heating challenges:

Large open spaces: High ceilings and large floor areas make conventional space heating expensive, particularly when trying to maintain a comfortable temperature throughout the building.
Frequent door openings: Roller shutter doors and loading doors are often left open, allowing warm air to escape and cold air to enter.
Intermittent occupancy: Taprooms are often busiest during evenings and weekends, making it wasteful to heat the entire building continuously.

The key is to provide warmth where it is needed, rather than spending money heating areas that nobody needs to occupy comfortably.

Quartz heaters provide instant comfort heat even when doors are open

This type of installation means customers and staff are kept warm all year round

Shortwave Quartz Halogen Heaters

For many breweries and taprooms, shortwave quartz halogen heaters are the ideal solution. Unlike conventional fan heaters, which warm the surrounding air, quartz halogen heaters emit shortwave infrared energy that travels directly to people and objects within their heating zone. This means customers feel the warmth almost instantly, without having to wait for the temperature of the entire building to increase.

One of the biggest advantages of this technology is that radiant heat is largely unaffected by air movement. Even with large roller shutter doors open, customers sitting beneath the heaters can continue to enjoy comfortable warmth.

Heaters can be suspended from ceilings or mounted on walls, positioned directly above seating areas, bars and other occupied spaces. Just as importantly, there is no need to heat the entire building. The brew kit, storage areas and goods-in can remain unheated while customers enjoy a comfortable environment.

A Proven Solution at 40ft Brewery

BN Thermic has already helped a number of breweries overcome the challenges of heating their taprooms. One example is our installation at 40FT Brewery in London, where the new taproom featured a large customer seating area positioned in front of a roller shutter door.The door was frequently left open to create an inviting connection between the indoor and outdoor spaces. However, this made conventional warm-air heating impractical.

Our solution involved installing four HN3-30L quartz halogen heaters above the main seating areas, alongside four HWP2 patio heaters in the bar area. The result was instant, targeted warmth for customers, allowing 40FT Brewery to maintain its open and welcoming atmosphere even during colder weather.

Read the full 40FT Brewery case study here.

BN Thermic also supply heaters for taprooms with outdoor seating

Why Choose BN Thermic?

BN Thermic has extensive experience designing and supplying electric heating systems for commercial and industrial applications.

We understand the particular challenges associated with breweries and taprooms and have worked with some of the UK’s best-known craft breweries, including DEYA, Track, 40FT, Beak, Left Handed Giant and Sureshot.

When you work with BN Thermic, you benefit from:

Specialist knowledge of infrared and radiant heating.
Extensive experience within the craft brewing industry.
A free, no-obligation heating design service with CAD drawing.
Quality heating products backed by our technical support.

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Do you control quartz heaters on thermostats?: Quartz heaters heat people directly and are not designed to build and maintain a warm body of air like a fan heater/radiator/convector heater etc. So therefore you do not control them thermostatically.
What’s the expected life of a lamp in a quartz halogen heater?: Each lamp in or heaters has an average lamp life of 7000 hours. Spare lamps can also be purchased via your electrical wholesaler.
What is a magic lamp?: Traditional quartz halogen lamps give off instant ‘punchy’ heat and a beam of light (red or yellow depending on the lamp style). Our unique magic lamps give off the same heat intensity as a standard lamp but with zero glare of light output.
How do I buy BN Thermic heaters?: We sell exclusively through electrical wholesalers. If you have used a wholesaler in the past, please forward them our part codes and they will provide you with a final price.
If you have not used a wholesaler before, electrical wholesalers are distributers of electrical goods that are dotted around the UK on high streets and industrial estates. If you need assistance locating your nearest wholesaler, please send us your postcode we will locate, contact and prep your nearest wholesaler with all the details of your project. Click to read more info on how to buy BN Thermic heaters.
How do I select the correct heater for my project?: We offer a free heating design service for any size project. To quote, all we require is the dimensions of your project, a rough idea of the insulation and an idea of what your premises is used for. Please see the ‘Obtain a quote and design’ drop down above for more info or download our ‘Quick 3 step guide to measuring your heating project’ from the download drop down.
When will I receive my heater?: All orders placed with a wholesaler by 3pm are shipped next day. (Uk mainland addresses)
How do I keep running costs and energy consumption to a minimum?: Installing a push button timer is the best way to keep running costs and energy consumption to a minimum. Push button timers energise heaters for a pre-determined amount of time and then switch the heaters off. This avoids the heaters being energised for long periods of time when the area around them is unoccupied.
Click the ‘controls’ drop down menu to browse recommended timers for this heater and please do not hesitate to contact us for assistance selecting the correct controller for your project – 01293 547 361.
(Installers – We are more than happy discuss electrical loads, controller suitability and suitable contactors/relays for your project)