Copperworks announces multiple expansion projects
Seattle-based Copperworks Distilling is adding a brewhouse, cocktail bar, bottle shop and farm-to-table kitchen to its properties.
The craft distiller has unveiled a trio of projects, including the acquisition of Pike Brewing brewhouse.
“Copperworks had always aimed to establish our own brewing facility. However, the high costs of building a new brewery and the innovative contract partnerships we have in place with local breweries have continuously postponed this plan for the future,” said co-founder and president Jason Parker, who got his start in the industry as a brewer at Pike.
Pike Brewing announced in October 2023 that it was moving to a new facility in Seattle’s SoDo neighbourhood to expand its beer production. Copperworks will take over Pike’s former 12,000-square-foot brewing facility next to Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market, though Pike Pub and Pike Fish Bar locations will remain at their current spots. Previously, Copperworks was brewing at local breweries including Pike Brewing and more recently Talking Cedar.
“Our team is already trained and available to do the brewing without any additional hires necessary,” said co-owner and vice president Jeff Kanof. “Increased production can allow us to make more product. We can make more vodka, more gin and put up more whiskey for ageing. This can be an opportunity for us to immediately be a leader in the industry as an independent craft American single malt whiskey producer.”
The new location will also serve as a barrel storage warehouse. Additionally, Copperworks has announced a new cocktail bar and bottle shop next to the Pike Brewing location.
“Though we’re only three blocks away from the downtown Seattle distillery, we’re looking forward to serving a completely different demographic of tourists in this new cocktail bar location,” said Kanof.
Finally, Copperworks will partner with De La Soil, a farm-to-table kitchen, to launch a restaurant at Copperworks Kenmore, a 5,000-square-foot space that opened in 2023 with a cocktail bar and tasting room. The restaurant will be owned and operated by chefs Cody and Andrea Westerfield, with 75% of its total produce needs coming from Tuk Muk Farm in Woodinville, Washington.
“Now that we have a chef and team in place, including a farmer right up the road to deliver farm-to-table food, we’d love to open as soon as possible so we can serve the Kenmore community drinks from Copperworks and food from De La Soil,” Parker said.
Copperworks has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine as it continues to grow sales and customer engagement. While all projects are actively in process, there is no timeline for completion.
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