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Portland firm Scott | Edwards Architecture is teaming with 10 Barrel Brewing to bring the tastes and architectural talents of the Pacific Northwest to the Rockies and Southern California.

The Bend-based brewery opened a new brewpub in Denver in October, and is planning to open one in San Diego in March.

鈥淭hey are exciting markets,鈥� 10 Barrel Brewing co-founder Garrett Wales said. 鈥淪ome of the most educated people are in these markets. It was a natural extension of the brand.鈥�

That brand originated in Bend, and then expanded into Portland and Boise, Idaho. The push is possible in part because of capital supplied by parent company Anheuser-Busch Inbev, which bought 10 Barrel in 2014.

鈥淲e have been a big regional player for quite a while,鈥� Wales said. 鈥淲e have always been looking for exciting markets to expand into.鈥�

Denver’s River North Art District (RiNo) and San Diego’s East Village presented just such opportunities. In Denver, the company settled on a former bar and music venue on Walnut Street and turned to Scott | Edwards Architecture to design a remodel.

鈥淭hey were involved in the Portland project,鈥� Wales said. 鈥淭hey do a great job.鈥�

Brian Mares, Scott | Edwards Architecture principal in charge of both the Denver and San Diego projects, said that working in both cities presented many of the same issues found working in the Portland-metro area.

鈥淚t was a very similar process (to that in Portland),鈥� Mares said. 鈥淚n Denver, you have to go through a historic landmarks commission to make sure the moves we were making fit within the RiNo District in Denver.鈥�

Some of the biggest challenges involved taking an old masonry building and adapting it for modern uses.

鈥淲hen we started to work in Denver, the (10 Barrel) brand had been set with the other pubs,鈥� Mares said. 鈥�10 Barrel wanted it to be a unique pub. We took tanks and recessed them and put them four feet underground.鈥�

The team also included a mezzanine, which required restructuring the 8,000-square-foot interior. The result lets patrons feel like they are part of the brewing process, Mares said, because they’re able to see it happen. Seats overlook brewing tanks, and patrons have rooftop views of the Denver skyline.

鈥淲e had to make a path through the beer-making equipment to the point where we modified the trusses,鈥� Mares said. 鈥淚t has a tree house kind of feel.鈥�

The San Diego project presented different challenges. The brewpub is occupying a former cabinet-making warehouse. While the East Village isn’t a historic district, it is suffering from blight.

The changes to the building, both inside and out, are significant.

鈥淲e are essentially using the shell,鈥� Mares said. 鈥淲e are opening it up. Basically, we are making 60 percent of the fa莽ade glass. We are also doing a complete seismic retrofit.鈥�

The transfer of 10 Barrel’s ownership to a corporation caused a small flap. The Southern California project drew complaints from the San Diego Brewers Guild president and others that 鈥淏ig Beer鈥� was trying to invade the area.

The complaints failed to halt the project, and Mares said patrons won’t notice a corporate influence on the new brewpub.

鈥淭he great thing is that (Anheuser-Busch Inbev officials) have not involved themselves in changing the character of the breweries they buy,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 feel they are very true to the brands and character these pubs have had.鈥�

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