Widowmaker
Backcountry Brewing
- From:
- Backcountry Brewing
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #327 - ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,479 - Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 8.83%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 17, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2017
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
Lug an axe halfway up the Mashiter. A Nick of blood on the thumb is worth your pile of splintering fuel. The dead wood…such dry reward. Keep your head up, for all our sakes. Flaring dots of pollen, low moss on the bark. The trail takes your of prisoner. Small prayer in the shadow of a widowmaker. Never hit the backcountry alone
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Reviewed by waudozer from Canada (BC)
4.14/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours cloudly yellow, impressive head
Grapefruit/lychee on nose
Crisp, sweet, citrusy, some funk, some pine, hint of grain, some hop presence, light to no bitter after taste
Medium-light bodied.
Very easy to drink!
Mar 31, 2024Grapefruit/lychee on nose
Crisp, sweet, citrusy, some funk, some pine, hint of grain, some hop presence, light to no bitter after taste
Medium-light bodied.
Very easy to drink!
Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)
4.31/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a pale hazy-milky golden yellow with two solid fingers of puffy white head - laces very nicely.
Aroma is citrus forward, grapefruit, a little floral and notes of tropical fruit, with just a little piney resin and then a bit dank and weedy.
Juicy as heck - citrus, grapefruit, some tropical fruit - pithy with a soft bitterness, and again a piney note.
Smooth medium mouthfeel with high end of moderate carbonation (wordy but sticking with it…..) - pithy bittersweetness lingers.
Apr 30, 2023Aroma is citrus forward, grapefruit, a little floral and notes of tropical fruit, with just a little piney resin and then a bit dank and weedy.
Juicy as heck - citrus, grapefruit, some tropical fruit - pithy with a soft bitterness, and again a piney note.
Smooth medium mouthfeel with high end of moderate carbonation (wordy but sticking with it…..) - pithy bittersweetness lingers.
Rated by Derek from Canada (BC)
4/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Solid IPA.
Mar 31, 2022
Reviewed by the_nudge from Canada (BC)
3.69/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours looking like orange juice with a thin head that recedes quickly, leaving a shallow cloud sitting on top, and lacing with high retention that holds evenly.
S: Grapefruit, orange, orange creamsicle, some leafy, herbal hops
T: follows the nose, with some resin on the finish
M: medium-heavy body, smooth and creamy with nice carbonation
O: Very good Hazy IPA, and one of the first around in BC. Though not quite exceptional, it does well as a highly drinkable hazy with great balance.
Oct 20, 2020S: Grapefruit, orange, orange creamsicle, some leafy, herbal hops
T: follows the nose, with some resin on the finish
M: medium-heavy body, smooth and creamy with nice carbonation
O: Very good Hazy IPA, and one of the first around in BC. Though not quite exceptional, it does well as a highly drinkable hazy with great balance.
Reviewed by Sedunova from Canada (BC)
4.5/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Just tried it for the first time - vaulted into my top 4 IPA's.
If you like Citra and Mosaic hops, this will work.
Hoppy, unfiltered, bit sour and juicy.
One of the very best IMO if you like these qualities.
Apr 04, 2020If you like Citra and Mosaic hops, this will work.
Hoppy, unfiltered, bit sour and juicy.
One of the very best IMO if you like these qualities.
Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee
4.27/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Sampled both on tap and out of an undated can. The draft experience was slightly better, but overall quite consistent.
Opaque and hazy pineapple juice body with a finger of soft, soapy, latte head that hangs on quite well and provides nice rings and splotches of creamy lacing. Juicy, attractive, and on point.
Mosaic-heavy aroma profile, with primary notes of mango and other tropical fruits, citrus, pine, and a ton of stone fruit. Slightly grassy, lots of green grape and berry. Floral and herbal. Wonderfully layered but not overly bold.
Taste is stone fruit and citrus heavy, complimented with big doses of pineapple, dank hemp, dark berries, wine grapes, green apple, and a little resin. Pithy grapefruit on the back end with a slight raw and astringent green note. That sharp bite can be problematic in some beers, but here it's largely balanced out by a nice residual sweetness. Tangy finish with a little lasting bitterness.
Feel is soft and silky yet still somehow a touch thin. Well carbonated with a slight prickle.
Quite an outstanding beer, especially for a 6.7% NE IPA in a world of 8%+ monsters. As good as MANY hazy IPAs I’ve had in the U.S. by breweries held up as major players in the category, with a drinking experience that reminds me very much of several Single Cut beers I've had. Any time I'm back home in Vancouver and in the mood for something hoppy, this will be an automatic pickup.
Jan 09, 2020Opaque and hazy pineapple juice body with a finger of soft, soapy, latte head that hangs on quite well and provides nice rings and splotches of creamy lacing. Juicy, attractive, and on point.
Mosaic-heavy aroma profile, with primary notes of mango and other tropical fruits, citrus, pine, and a ton of stone fruit. Slightly grassy, lots of green grape and berry. Floral and herbal. Wonderfully layered but not overly bold.
Taste is stone fruit and citrus heavy, complimented with big doses of pineapple, dank hemp, dark berries, wine grapes, green apple, and a little resin. Pithy grapefruit on the back end with a slight raw and astringent green note. That sharp bite can be problematic in some beers, but here it's largely balanced out by a nice residual sweetness. Tangy finish with a little lasting bitterness.
Feel is soft and silky yet still somehow a touch thin. Well carbonated with a slight prickle.
Quite an outstanding beer, especially for a 6.7% NE IPA in a world of 8%+ monsters. As good as MANY hazy IPAs I’ve had in the U.S. by breweries held up as major players in the category, with a drinking experience that reminds me very much of several Single Cut beers I've had. Any time I'm back home in Vancouver and in the mood for something hoppy, this will be an automatic pickup.
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.77/5 rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Backcountry Brewing 'Widowmaker IPA' @ 6.7% , served from a 473 ml can
A-pour is a hazy gold from can to glass with a small white head leaving a spotty lace along the tulip
S-fruity
T-citrus & fruity , somewhat dry finish
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-still not a fan of the east coast IPA , told this is a go to beer
prost LampertLand
Apr 28, 2019A-pour is a hazy gold from can to glass with a small white head leaving a spotty lace along the tulip
S-fruity
T-citrus & fruity , somewhat dry finish
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-still not a fan of the east coast IPA , told this is a go to beer
prost LampertLand
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.95/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.95/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Central City, Vancouver.
Tan milk; ganga + burnt grass; Cream of Wheat, hit of lemon, honeydew, peach, lemon balm + grass; light + soft.
4 4 4 4 3.75
Citra and Mosaic
Ticks NEIPA boxes. Watery, though. Nice kronik hum on the finish but needs more @ 7%.
Jan 09, 2019Tan milk; ganga + burnt grass; Cream of Wheat, hit of lemon, honeydew, peach, lemon balm + grass; light + soft.
4 4 4 4 3.75
Citra and Mosaic
Ticks NEIPA boxes. Watery, though. Nice kronik hum on the finish but needs more @ 7%.
Rated by DonaldBalanecki from Canada (BC)
5/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I love this Beer.
Donald Balanecki
Jan 09, 2019Donald Balanecki
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