In 1996, The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company began brewpub restaurant operations in Canmore, Alberta, at the doorstep of Banff National Park. Since then, the business has attained microbrewery status, and success and growth have led to the need for a brewery building to meet present and future needs for supplying beer and carbonated drinks to Canmore, Banff, Calgary, and other communities across Alberta. The purpose of the new brewery is to augment the capacity of the existing brewpub by a factor of 8 to 10 to meet increasing demand for the Grizzly Paw brands. The new building will also have hospitality space suited to tours and receptions once the brewing facility is running smoothly. The building is located on a one-acre site in a commercial zone at the gateway to Canmore (Figure 1). The brewery was initially designed to be a steel building, but preliminary cost estimates were over-budget. An alternative conceptual design was made based on exposed heavy timber construction. The resulting timber building met all the building science challenges, saved money, and better met the Rocky Mountain architectural design motif of Canmore. It provides a pleasing appearance that will attract additional publicity and be very conducive to guided tours through the brewery.