Simplicity Ale
Category 12 Brewing in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.02
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On Friday, September 18th, we are excited to revisit a successful R&D batch, our Ancient Grain Saison. After having fantastic reviews at the Thirsty Chef in Market Square, and of course in the Lab, this beer is officially being launched as Simplicity Ale.
Simplicity is a straw coloured, pearlescent ale at 5.2% ABV. It starts with a lightly fruity and floral nose and leads into a subtle body with a crisp, dry finish. Clean and subtly bittered with just a hint of Belgian sass.
This is a beer to remind us all to pump the brakes, relax and appreciate the delicate.
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Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap. Pours a clear gold with moderate head. Aromas of wet malts and grain a bit of banana and plastic. Flavors of fruity esters, plastic, and wheaty malts.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Poured from 650mL bottle. Pale straw yellow with minimal white head. Grainy light Belgian yeast with the tiniest hint of lemon and coriander. Very light watery body. Not sure why they decided to mass produce this R&D bore.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft - Light wet grassy hops. Clear gold with a decent white head. Hay, grains and a touch pith. Decent.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Well, most of ’em didn’t survive but I suppose that’s as much as you could expect. Nonetheless no one knows who really done won the war, some say it was the allies, some say it was the Swiss banks. So anyways it was great to see Sean Connery in such a seminal role and I gots ta tells ya that the action was great, a three hour movie can be a serious bore but this one was serious business. Wonder what they’s done thoughts of it backs in the day, 1962? Hells no you ain’t gonna gets ta drink a can of beer in the cinema in Canada at least, in spite of the men who died in Normandy. So Fucx alls y’alls who made these laws in spite of our men’s sacrifices, I can only imagine a soldier dead from D-Day coming back to Vancouver to find out he can’t drink a beer while watching that movie.... he’d frickin’ flippin’ lose it. As I did. But nonetheless this has got ain okay white head and wit kinda yellow body with no carbonation. The aroma is nice hints of grain, wheat notes, simple but appemetizing. Flavour is more wit notes with a medium finish. This is a good brew, not a great one, not a transcendental one, not a buy-a-plane-ticket-now kinda one. But nonetheless it’s okay, perhaps something to chase a good B.C. ice wine on a hot summer’s night. John Wayne tho man, John Wayne. Whattamutthafukka. Serio’sly.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Light golden/straw colour. The aroma is estery and hints at a cloying sweetness...it’s not that enticing. On the palate, the beer is better. Seems well-attenuated, with a light body, and a surprising dryness in the finish, at least relative to the aroma. This allows the esters to be balanced. Still weird they position themselves as a Belgian-style specialist, given how meh their Belgians are and how well they make hoppy beers.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Light yellow, white head.Nose is lightly sweet,light spicy yeast.More of same in palate but quite vague.Medium uncoordinated hop bitterness in finish
mcberko (47456) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out Belgian yeast, cereal notes and light whispy wheat. Flavour is very restrained but at least clean, with cereal and biscuity malt, and a touch of Belgian yeast. Clean and refreshing, but extremely boring and lacking character. Okay.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Simplicity Ale from Category 12 Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver; 414 ml
Blond color with very small head. Some plastic aroma, and flavor if possible; no notable malt or hop; it was wrongly listed at 9.6%, and indeed it didn’t have the feeling of a big beer at all. I was expecting more, this is just another North American attempt at Belgian beers. I wish I had some greasy food to help here. Not a bad beer, but boring.