BEYOND THE TREATMENT ROOM
Whistler Spas
Watch out, Whistler: There’s a new taphouse in town. Venture down to Coast Mountain Brewing in Function Junction and grab a seat for a taste-bud tour of up to eight flavourful beers. Husband-and-wife team Kevin and Angie Winter run the smallbatch craft brewery. It opened in August, and a mere four weeks later it won a first-place People’s Choice award at the 2016 Whistler Village Beer Festival. Stepping into the taphouse is like being welcomed by family and friends into a cozy wood-panelled living room. Indeed, the Field Guide Ale was crafted with Kevin Winter’s father in mind, offering a well-rounded, everyday ale, delivering slight notes of caramel, biscuit, crackers and hints of grapefruit in the finish. Coast Mountain Brewing brews smaller batches that are tastingroom focused, so there’s more opportunity to use harder-to-find, more flavourful ingredients. This season, look out for Coast Mountain’s sours and barrel-aged beer. “We don’t need to brew the same recipe all the time,” Kevin says, “and so it gives me the constant passion in the brewhouse to come up with the next best thing.” You can also taste the company’s beers at select bars and restaurants in Whistler. coastmountainbeer.ca