Coast Mountain Brewing

In hip Whistler's warehouse district, breweries are sprouting up among the metal shops. Coast Mountain Brewing—across from the car impound lot for which this industrial area used to be best known—has a cozy tasting room, packed with shared knotty pine tables, that serves seasonal small-batch ales. A mellow social atmosphere bubbles here: Total strangers share tasting flights together, and no one appears to have anyplace else to go, except when they need to fill their growlers with malty Field Guide Ale; the French Farmhouse Ale, Sunbreak Saison; and a plethora of IPAs. (The Alpinist IIPA, a dry-hopped wonder, shouldn't be missed.)