Tally's Beer Archive
← All breweries

Archive record · Brewery

Banff Ave. Brewing Co.

Banff, Alberta, Canada

ActiveSingle breweryBrewpub
Founded
2010
Archive ID
TB-EKHW8305
Last checked
2026-10-02
#Alberta#Independent

Who owns this brewery?

Bearhill

Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.

01

From the record

Summary

Operated by Bearhill Brewing Ltd., which also owns Jasper Brewing Co.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

Upstairs on Banff Avenue, pouring to an audience from everywhere. Operated by Bearhill Brewing, which also runs Jasper Brewing — one company holding both national park towns.

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Owned by BearhillDate unknown

    Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.

    What the sources say

    Official Banff Ave history identifies the brewery as part of the Bearhill family.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it is

51.17498, -115.57059

Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded

Open on a map

Events

  1. Banff Ave Brewing founded2010

    Opening

02

The Museum

Timeline

  1. 2010
    Founded

    Founded 2010, five years after sister brewpub Jasper Brewing Co.; part of the group with Last Best (2014) and Campio (2018). Source: "Banff Ave Brewing Co. was founded in 2010, five years after the opening of our sister brewpub Jasper Brewing Co."

03

The People

Behind the beer

Fred Cloutier
Brewmaster

Official Banff Ave page identifies brewmaster and brewing-science background.

BEARHILL GROUP
Founder

04

The Beer Library

Beers

Black Pilz Czech Dark Lager

Year-Round

Drank this? Add it to your passport →

White Wit

CORE / CURRENT

Wheat Beer

ABV5.0%
Drank this? Add it to your passport →

Black Pil

CORE / CURRENT

Black Lager

ABV4.9%
Drank this? Add it to your passport →

Ride Or Dry

CORE / CURRENT

Light Lager

ABV4.2%
Drank this? Add it to your passport →

Mt. Rundle Stout

CURRENT / DOCUMENTED

Stout

ABV4.4%
Drank this? Add it to your passport →

Head Smashed IPA

CURRENT / DOCUMENTED

IPA

ABV6.2%
Drank this? Add it to your passport →

Hazy Glades Pale Ale

CURRENT / DOCUMENTED

Pale Ale

ABV4.0%
Drank this? Add it to your passport →

Lodge 1383

CURRENT / DOCUMENTED

Cold IPA

ABV5.6%
Drank this? Add it to your passport →
05

Travel Guide

Plan a visit

Amenities
  • Full restaurant
  • Taproom
06

On the record

Awards

  • 2025

    Gold — German & Belgian Wheat — White Wit

    Alberta Beer Awards

  • 2025

    Silver — Sour Beer — Wild Warden

    Alberta Beer Awards

  • 2024

    Bronze — German and Belgian-Style Wheat Beer — White Wit

    Alberta Beer Awards

  • 2024

    Bronze — German and Belgian-Style Wheat Beer

    Alberta Beer Awards

Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.

Collect what you discover

Drinking Banff Ave. Brewing Co.? Stamp it in your passport.

Discover it here — collect it in the Passport. Track every beer, earn stamps, and build your own beer passport.

Open the Passport →
Is this your brewery?

Every brewery deserves its full story told.

If you're the owner or team behind Banff Ave. Brewing Co., we'll build out your complete profile — history, the people, every beer — and feature you in a Tally's documentary. No cost, just your story.

No payment affects this record — editorial policy