Backcountry Brewing

Microbrewery in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Backcountry Brewing

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405-1201 Commercial Way, Squamish, V8B 0R5, Canada
Description
This team of owner-operators was formed shortly after the group realized they all were after the same thing, just in different parts of the province. Brewer John Folinsbee was planning a brewery in Squamish, industry veteran Marc Roberts had his sights on Vancouver while entrepreneur Ben Reeder and builder Adam Steinberg were looking at brewing in the Cowichan Valley on Reeder’s hop farm. After tasting John’s recipes they decided to go all in and combine forces to build the 6000 square foot brewery, tasting room and kitchen in Squamish.

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5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
On tap at Darby's. Pours clear brown with a white head. Light bready malts and a bit of nuts on the nose. Flavour has gentle bready malts, some nuts. Fairly uninteresting.
Tried from Draft at Darby's Public House on 23 Jun 2025 at 22:15

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
On tap at Darby’s, pours a clear dark amber with a small beige head. Nose has toasted bready malt, maybe a hint of dusty nuts. Flavour is soft, with bready malt, light sugars, some earthiness. Not a particularly pleasant malt character, a little clumsy, and just uninteresting. Meh.
Tried from Draft at Darby's Public House on 22 Jun 2025 at 19:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Opaque. Medium head. The usual Backcountry full body, moderate bitterness, light hop burn and pine accent with mild grapefruit. Not a ton of variance on Backcountry hazies but are any better than Widowmaker?
Tried on 21 Jun 2025 at 03:56

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Gold, small white head. Piney cat pissy nose and palate with some soft malt in back. Very nice
Tried from Draft at The Barley Merchant on 16 Jun 2025 at 00:55

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 5 Overall 6
Black, fast fading brown head. Boozy chocolate nose, spice notes. Palate of coconut/chocolate/pepper/wood. Sweet with harsh alcohol heat that detracts. Poorly blended
Tried from Can on 08 Apr 2025 at 01:13

5.4/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Opaque light amber, fast fading head. Peachy somewhat dank nose & palate; salty notes. Light hop bitterness, some lace
Tried on 08 Apr 2025 at 01:00

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Black ,small tan head. Light sweet nose. Thin with low carbonation and light roast. Quite sweet as it warms
Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2025 at 00:31

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 5 Overall 6
Kind of a dull hazy appearance. The aroma is bright, however, with stone fruit and some tropical notes. On the palate, however, it's thin. There's very little malt propping this up. The hop bitterness is also lacking... this just feels really weak, and ultimately the lack of sugar or bitterness fails to provide adequate support for what would otherwise be some decent hop notes. Is their flagship pale still their best?
Tried from Can from Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - Richmond on 29 Mar 2025 at 03:04

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Can pour at East Side Beer Fest. Pours opaque yellow with a white head. Light orange citrus and pith on the nose. Flavour has orange citrus, pith. Chalky. Meh.
Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2025 at 22:00

4.8/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5 Texture 3 Overall 4.5
Gold, fast fading head. Light spicy/sweet nose. Not much here except an odd spicy lasting bitterness. Poor looking and poorly balanced... poor effort overall
Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2025 at 23:08