Category 12 Brewing

Microbrewery in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Category 12 Brewing

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2200 Keating Cross Rd C, Saanichton, V8M 2A6, Canada

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Draft - Soured fruity notes with some green apple. Cloudy yellow with a rich white head. Soured green apple with a clean finish. Nice if you like green apple.
Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2016 at 21:33

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft - Some light menthol and some caramel. Cloudy copper with a rich white head. Caramel, herbal notes, some minty notes and a touch of spice. The minty herbal cardamom notes
Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2016 at 21:22

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Kurt and Erin! Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy straw with light fruits, Belgian yeast and a light sweetness. Flavor has light fruits and flora up front with Belgian yeast and a light grain backbone.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2016 at 22:02

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at St. Augustine’s. Pours a clear red-ish with a tan head. Aroma is tropical fruits hops, caramel notes, spices, some fruity notes. Same character hoppy bitterness taste and aftertaste. A good beer, just surprised by other people very low ratings.
Tried from Draft on 14 Sep 2016 at 19:26

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Reddish-brown with a thin head and the aroma is kind of funky. The aroma is indistinct spiciness. The taste is bitter, but without any particular flavour. I mean, there’s spice, some sort of toasty malt. But I have no idea what’s going on. There’s alcohol in the finish. None of this is cohesive, none of it is attractive. This brewery needs to stick to the hoppy stuff they are good at, and stop messing around with silly wtf beers like this. I’d rather have a pumpkin ale.
Tried on 13 Sep 2016 at 23:14

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark red with a small white head. Aroma brings out notes of caramel, oranges, and some strange herbal vegetal notes. Flavour is fairly spicy, with earthy, spicy hops, some dry pumpkin spice, and herbal notes. Not sure what the hell they were going for here. Spicy, dry, vegetal finish. Not good.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2016 at 23:05

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 2 Overall 5
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Dark amber color, clean. Mild aroma of roasted nuts and spices. Good body strength, on the dry side, also because of the ashy character of the dark malts, and the spice presence (cardamom? nutmeg?) just makes things worse. Chicory and ashes in the final.
The beer we don’t need, and one that I don’t have pleasure drinking.
Tried on 13 Sep 2016 at 17:42

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Hazy golden color. A boring strong Ale, a bit too boozy, with clear bourbon character; moderate sweetness. Cloying.
Tried on 31 Aug 2016 at 23:50

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle - Sweet and some stone fruit. Cloudy gold with a dcent white head. Creamy stone fruit and a long finish. Lots of stone fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2016 at 23:42

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
650mL bottle, pours a cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out some butter, with light vanilla and woody notes, followed by Belgian yeast -- very messy and confused. Flavour almost has a banana-like quality to it, but is very confused, with lots of alcohol, barrels and vanilla. Very obscured and uncoordinated. Not sure what the hell they were going for. Doesn't work.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2016 at 23:37