Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
473mL can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has plenty of sugars, huge marshmallow, bourbon barrels, and a touch of cocoa. Flavour is rich, with big marshmallow, cocoa, graham crackers, and a touch of bourbon barrels. The palate is on the thinner side for the style, but it’s balanced well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dec 30, 2025 (8/4/7/3/16=3.8): Poured from 473mL can. Very dark brown with minimal off white head. Chocolate and marshmallow, thin-med body. Maybe aging it helped or maybe it's just a palate thing today (adding a 0.1).
Dec 24, 2024 (8/4/7/3/15=3.7) Poured from 473mL can. Very dark brown with no head. Aroma of graham cracker and marshmallow. Taste also includes mild chocolate and very feint whiskey. Seems a bit thinner bodied. Doesn't hit the same as the past BA imperial stouts from the last few years.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Cloudy blond colour, pale but bright, with small, compact head. Interesting aroma, zesty and weedy, pungent. Soft mouthfeel, some cream from the oats; unfortunately, like most beers in the style, not enough malt flavour to build on; fruity hops, but the low residual sweetness means that the fruity character of the hops doesn't shine; mostly, orange juice, and some dankness; low bitterness.
Above average, but not fully achieved. Good.
Kita (5313) reviewed Widowmaker from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, 0.473l, courtesy of CanCrusher. Aroma of pungent passion fruit, citrus, pineapple and resin. Pours hazy pale golden color with large soapy white head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts juicy tropical fruity and citrusy, following is herbal, mouthfeel is smooth and mild spicy, while finish is dry and heavy bitter. Medium body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Not really deadly…
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 473mL can. Clear gold with small white head. Quite oily, citrus and light pine hops, mild biscuit malt, big aroma when the can was opened. Decent.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Shark Repellent from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cloudy yellow , thin fast fading head. Light tropical fruit in nose & palate with medium uncoordinated bitterness. Poorly balanced
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy gold, beige head. Big musty piney nose, fruit notes. Short sweet start, tropical fruit, long strong hop bitterness in finish
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at The Barley Merchant, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is bright, with bright citrus hops, some pine, and sweet biscuity malt. Flavour has bright citrusy and piney hops, with oily resins, and sweet biscuity malt. Citrusy and bright. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 473mL can. Lightly hazed yellow gold with small white head. Soft tropical hops, hint of gooseberry, decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
5oz pour at The Magnet. Pours murky yellow with white head. Aroma has a lot of pithy citrus and stonefruit, some dank oils. Flavour has a bunch of juicy stonefruit, a touch of pine. Finish is very slightly bitter. Very nice.