Category 12 Brewing
Microbrewery
in Saanichton,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Category 12 Brewing
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with moderate head. Aromas of chocolate, minerals, nuts and soapy roasted malts. Flavors of nuts, minerals and thin roasted malts.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2025
at 00:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
473 ml can. Pours a dull gold with moderate head. Aromas of lupulin powder, melons, soft pine and biscuity malts. Flavors of melons, pine, a bit of spuce, pithy citrus and almost doughy malts. Not getting the advertised crispness, but tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Nov 2025
at 00:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Black, tan head. Nice dry roast nose. Palate is bittersweet with roast less prominent. Sweet vanilla overtones. Medium strength lasting bitterness
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - New Westminster
on 05 Nov 2025
at 00:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
473mL can, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma has a nice grassy and piney hop character, some oiliness, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is much the same, with grassy hops, piney hops, light oily resins, and a crisp biscuity malt base. Clean, crisp hop expression, and well-constructed overall. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 23 Sep 2025
at 02:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473mL can, pours a mostly clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma is somewhat grainy, with toasted bready malt and a touch of grassy hops. Flavour is clean, with plenty of straw and toasted grains, finishing with a hint of bitterness. Clean and easy. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2025
at 06:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473ml can. Pours a hazy yellow gold with yeast particles that sink to the bottom and a medium, foamy, short lived, white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Mild sweet aroma of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, earthy yeast and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, guava, mango and floral hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with an oily to watery texture and soft carbonation. Easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
from
Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits
on 23 Jun 2025
at 04:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
500ml @ 🏡 with Ryan and Alex.
Aroma: dark fruits, raisins, some sweetness, a bit on the thin side.
Taste: along the same lines.
Overall: meh.
Aroma: dark fruits, raisins, some sweetness, a bit on the thin side.
Taste: along the same lines.
Overall: meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2025
at 03:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Clear-ish orangey copper with small off-white head. Phenolic, estery, thin, some dark sugars, a touch boozy, Dageraad didn't help much here. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Category 12 Brewing
on 22 Jun 2025
at 03:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473mL can, pours a mostly clear bright golden with a small white head. Nose is dominated by funky brett, which has overtaken any hop-forwardness this has, but that’s OK given how nice the brett is. Flavour is much the same, with a lovely brett character that dominates; again, not much in the way of hop expression, though it is dry and lightly bitter on the finish. Very nice brett bomb. Nice to see a brewery still trying in BC.
Tried
from Can
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 18 Jun 2025
at 02:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 473mL can (pkg 2025-04-07). Clear gold with white head. Malty grain character with mild grassy tropical hops and a slight resin finish. A bit odd, not a whole lot of NZ character and the malt is quite grainy. Average.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - New Westminster
on 28 May 2025
at 04:54