Backcountry Brewing

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

Contact
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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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
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 (BC) on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:52


6.3
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 (BC) on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:50


7.4
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 (BC) on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:47


7.6
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 (BC) on 22 Feb 2025 at 05:44


6.9
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


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Opaque amber, small lasting white head. Peachy nose, lightly sweet. Acetic peach/apricot taste, pineapple notes. Astringent fruity bitterness

Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2025 at 01:21


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

473 ml can. Pours a thick hazy amber with moderate head. Aromas of orange juice, pithy citrus and wheaty malts. Fruity flavors follow same. Thick for the ABV. But it’s just another Hazy albeit with lower than normal ABV. Doesn’t say Hazy or New England on the packaging… Minus points…

Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2025 at 00:33


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Flight pour at Darby's. Pours clear pale gold with a white head. Pine and resin on the nose. Flavour has bright pine, a touch citrus, resinous, and a nice malty base. Solid.

Tried from Draft at Darby's Public House on 19 Jan 2025 at 21:15


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

Dark brown. Nitro head. Light body for the style. Molasses, liquorice and light fruitiness. Ok, there is a real beer buried beneath the nitro...tactical error to waste an imperial stout on nitrogen. It's not appropriate at all. I didn't see this in cans. Free the stout.

Tried from Draft on 14 Jan 2025 at 05:11