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check out the cbc website about yesterday's beer column on on the coast! Check out these fresh picks for  fresh-hopped beer Beer columnist Rececca Whyman says now is the time to try B.C.'s  fresh-hopped brews CBC News   Posted: Oct 11, 2016 4:32 PM PT  Last Updated: Oct 11, 2016 4:32 PM PT On The Coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says most hops will be dried into pellets for use throughout the year but some will go straight into beers made in the fall. (B.C. Hops Company) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine Prost! Oktoberfest events to check out on the Lower Mainland Summer season ending, but beer festival season just getting started Fall in B.C. usually brings wet weather with it and for beer lovers, it also brings "wet hopping,"  On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says. Wet hopping, ...

my notes from tuesday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with gloria macarenko: ( and look,  jan zeschky  thinks you should go to all the fests too!) We’re in the midst of beer festival season in BC! There are several beer festivals coming up, and they’re conveniently being held on different dates so you can get to them all – like I intend to do! It’s the Whistler beer festival this coming weekend – there are events like cask nights and tastings beginning Wednesday evening, leading up to the tasting festival on Saturday and Sunday.  There will be over 100 beers pouring from over 50 breweries, and several cideries as well.   A couple of the area’s not-yet-opened breweries will be pouring beers at the fest, namely Back Country Brewing from Squamish and Highway 97 from Penticton, so be sure to try those ones! While you are in Whistler, you could take advantage of the opportunity to go check out the newly opened Coast Mountain B...