Backcountry Brewing

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

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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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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can - Big skunky grains. Clear gold with a frothy light head. Soft grains, then lots of big grain bitterness and a crisp finish. Very solid.
Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2017 at 19:32

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Dull med brown with no head. There’s a ton of coffee on the nose, kind of 1 dimensional. Soft, fudgey with a butterscotch note. Ok, but that heavy coffee seems out of place. Underlying beer is thin and weak.
Tried on 19 Jul 2017 at 14:55

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Cloudy and pale, just a shade darker than their other IPAs. Nose is off - buttery. Body shows the same - buttery, thin, all those beautiful German hops kind of wasted under the diacetyl.
Tried on 19 Jul 2017 at 14:55

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cloudy, pale. Thin head. Beautiful hop nose on this one - it’s Equinox, Citra and Amarillo and you get them all. Bitter, nice clean pale malt, lemony-orangey note. Nice weedy finish, too.
Tried on 19 Jul 2017 at 14:55

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Light amber. No head. Slight caramel nose, similar palate. Bland amber I’ve had a thousand times. It doesn’t even matter how well you make it.
Tried on 19 Jul 2017 at 14:54

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dull and hazy, no head. Had a nice fruity, floral hop character. Soft, with moderate bitterness, fruity. Sloppy, unrefined example. I like the style but this is lacklustre.
Tried on 19 Jul 2017 at 14:52

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cloudy, pale, bright hop nose with a lot of pithy citrusy bitterness and fresh fruity character. Malts are sweet, but this is one of my go-to IPAs these days.
Tried on 19 Jul 2017 at 14:50

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Golden, no head.bit thick pale malt, hops are herbal but not interesting. Moderate bitterness, hops are spicier on the palate. Decent balance but kind of lacking in dynamism.
Tried on 19 Jul 2017 at 14:49

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Update Can - Dank and piney. Cloudy gold with a frothy white head. Dank and piney with a nice bitterness. Very different, but a new brewery that may be changing recipes frequently. Hopefully this stick as I like it. Draft - Fruity citrus.  Cloudy gold with a decent white head.  Light bready, tropical fruity notes and a light bitterness.  Decent.
Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2017 at 09:22

8.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

2022-08-05, can from the brewery, 8-3-9-4-17=41
Murky blond colour. The aroma is fresh, big, fruity. Smooth mouthfeel, creamy, lots of creamy oats, but it doesn't have the negative side of it; it's moderately sweet; very juicy, tropical, ending with some bitterness and grapefruit peel. Excellent.

2017-06-25, draught at Parkside, Port Moody, 6-3-7-4-14=34
Cloudy blond color with a touch of orange. The aroma is mildly hoppy, not very expressive. Good body strength, pale malts backbone, crackery, and very good resiny hops.
Nice IPA.
Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2017 at 11:40