FULLSTEAM BREWERY AT AMERICAN TOBACCO CAMPUS

Fast Facts

Structures -- Two Haven solar shelters with lighting, wheelchair access, and signs.

Places -- The Havens spent a year at Fullsteam's original Durham brewery, and have now moved up to their terrific new location at American Tobacco Campus. 

Bigger Picture -- Fullsteam is the local champion of local -- using ingredients grown, and even foraged, from the area. They are the first Certified Regenified brewery in the world.

Spotlight Partners -- American Tobacco Campus

Project overview

Fullsteam is the OG craft brewery of the Durham, NC area. And American Tobacco Campus is the OG adaptive reuse mixed use development that started the amazing revitalization of Durham. Old tobacco warehouse and production facilities have turned into the hub of Durham’s renewed energy and spirit -- and no, smoking is not allowed.

In keeping with the theme of making the old (and nasty) new again, Fullsteam has installed their two Haven solar shelters at a defunct coal burning power plant. Fullsteam is making the boiler room into their new taproom, restaurant, and small batch brewery. Imagine: a brewer specializing in locally sourced, sustainable products moving into a coal-fired facility that used to power cigarette production... and bringing their own source of clean energy with them.

The two Haven solar shelter now anchor the beer garden, next to a lovely water feature. The old Lucky Strike smokestack looms ironically in the background.