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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5.8/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 6
A very poor looking beer seriously affect my rating. Opaque amber, no head. Somewhat dank tropical nose. Juicy palate, dry notes in mid, light fruity bitterness
Tried from Can on 16 Mar 2025 at 00:01

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Slight haze. Dull pale. Medium head. Mild pale malt, gentle orangey hop. Standard backcountry pale.
Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 05:46

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
473mL can. Pours black with a small tan head. Coconut and cayenne on the nose. Flavour has a really nice mix of coconut, cinnamon, vanilla, dark chocolate, and bourbon barrels. A touch of the cayenne at the end. Very nice.
Tried from Can from The Gull Liquor Store on 08 Mar 2025 at 00:18

5.6/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
473mL can, pours an opaque, ugly orange with a small white head. Aroma is full of passionfruit, citrusy, lacto, and a touch of orange. Flavour is like a passionfruit juice, with passionfruit, orange juice, plenty of citrusy, and yogurt. Cheap fruited kettle sour but not too egregious.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2025 at 05:14

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bright gold, small beige head. Nice piney citrus nose & palate. Lightly sweet fore, piney & fruity mid with big long hop finish
Tried from Can on 23 Feb 2025 at 00:35

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Opaque. No head. Lots of hop burn. Mmmm...hop burn. Meh on that front, and every other. No malt support. Unclear hop expression.
Tried from Draft at Backcountry Brewing on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:52

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bright amber, with a medium head. Toasty, caramelly. Good body. Decent. OK, not super exciting. But decent.
Tried from Draft at Backcountry Brewing on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:50

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Opaque with a medium head. Hoppy nose...similar to Widowmaker, actually. Soft body, low bitterness and lots of stone fruit. So a poor man's Widowmaker. For a brewery that's made 100 IPAs, not a single one of them has been better than their flagship.
Tried from Draft at Backcountry Brewing on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:47

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Dark brown, with a thin head. Light chile, some barrel. It's not refined, but it does have a lot of things that I like.
Tried from Draft at Backcountry Brewing on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:44

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
Hazy amber, rocky white head. Piney grapefruit nose. Peachy/apricot palate juicy with light bitterness in finish. Great lacing . Nice !
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2025 at 23:45