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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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Gerbeer (8590) reviewed
Don't Cross the Streams from Backcountry Brewing
3 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
473 ml can. Pours a clear amber with moderate head. Aromas of pine, candied citrus and pineapple, and bready malts. Flavors of bitter pine, citrus peel, and biscuity malts. Pretty good. Glad to see a West Coast IPA…
Tried from Can on 31 Oct 2022 at 22:37
pictoman (10167) reviewed
Might as Well Go for a Soda⁠ from Backcountry Brewing
3 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Poured from the tap @ Tap & Barrel Bridges (looks like it still hasn’t been added). Bright pinkish red with small pink head. Candy cherry and cola. As advertised. It’s… fine for the novelty.
Tried from Draft on 25 Oct 2022 at 01:56
mcberko (49191) reviewed
Maple Bay IPA (2020-) from Backcountry Brewing
3 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
473mL can, pours an opaque peachy golden yellow with a small white head. Nose brings out soft piney hops, doughy malt, a bit of tropical fruits, and chalk. Flavour is unobtrusive, with tropical fruits, some pithiness, earthy hops, fresh dough, and low-medium chalkiness for a hazy. The hop character is pleasant and the malt base is decent. There's definitely some gritty, chalky nonsense as usual, but it's not too egregious. Decent. If you think this is excellent, you've got low standards.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2022 at 02:20
pictoman (10167) reviewed
Everything's Coming up Milhouse from Backcountry Brewing
4 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL can. Slightly hazy gold with white head. Lightly dank, mild pine and citrus hops. Touch of stone fruit, feint oiliness. Okay.
Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2022 at 03:10
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Maple Bay IPA (2020-) from Backcountry Brewing
4 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Murky blond colour, with large head. The arom ais an explosion of tropical fruits, with hints of piney resins and weed. The mouthfeel is soft and creamy, there is some chalk, and astringency, but the residual sweetness makes it more palatable; the hopping is just exaggerated, it's zesty, tropical, a bit dank, and then growing into some grapefruit pith, so that in the finish it has enough bitterness, without being excessively vegetable.
It's a bit dirty, the Taliban snowflakes will scream "haram, this is chalk galore", but there's so much good hop here, excellent.
Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2022 at 07:12
Oakes (34715) reviewed
…And Stop Calling Me Shirley from Backcountry Brewing
4 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Opaque and pale, but on the darker, duller side of that. There's some stone fruits on the nose, with bitter grapefruit on the palate, and a fair bit of alcohol.
Tried on 05 Oct 2022 at 05:16
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Sick Day from Backcountry Brewing
4 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can, courtesy of Sergey
Blond colour, slightly hazy. Mild arom aof malt, crackers, no hops. Dry, crisp, mild malt flavour, crackers, honey; there is some hay, it seems to come more from the malt than from the hops, similar to toasted rice, and the bitterness is low.
Clean, but not hopped enough (both bitterness and hop flavour).
Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2022 at 17:55
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
…And Stop Calling Me Shirley from Backcountry Brewing
4 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can, courtesy of Sergey
Murky blond colour. The aroma is dank, and some orange juice, nice. Off-dry, but the creamy oats make a pleasant mouthfeel; the hops are moderately dank and juicy, even with so little sugars, some bitter grapefruit in the finish.
Very good.
Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2022 at 17:55
pictoman (10167) reviewed
Make It a Hurricane Before I Go Insane from Backcountry Brewing
4 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap. Hazy yellow with small white head. Tropical notes of Passionfruit and lime with a bit of citrus. Not bad.
Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2022 at 07:57
BeerPlace (11381) reviewed
…And Stop Calling Me Shirley from Backcountry Brewing
4 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16oz on Alex's backyard. Appearance: murky pale golden with a white head. Aroma: lots of tropical fruits and darkness. Taste: along the same lines, very juicy. Overall: very nice.
Tried on 12 Sep 2022 at 02:15