Category 12 Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Saanichton,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Category 12 Brewing
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy orange pour, huge, pillowy, white head. Aroma is loaded with tropical fruit, melons, hints of funk, and some ripe hop cones. Mouth feel and carb are spot on, and this is quite refreshing, even thought it’s quite bitter. Finish has a hunch more tropical fruit, but the melon faces and here comes a boat load of citrus oil, and zest, but the light funk is completely gone. Good, not great. A little too all over the place.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:21
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Amber pour, beige head. Aroma. Is incredibly boozy, with loads of vegetal yeastiness, and a cloying amount of candied sugar. Finish is cloyingly sweet with an odd canned vegetal flavour. This bares zero resemblance to a tripel, or anything Belgian. This was rough.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[notes] Poured from can @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Clear orange gold with minimal white head. Harsh oak foeder, feint hops, astringent.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2025
at 08:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[notes] Poured from can @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Hazy orange gold with minimal white head. Tart mild cherry, slightly acidic, but decent.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2025
at 08:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[notes] Poured from can @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Hazy orangey red with minimal white head. Wood, cherry, not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2025
at 08:07
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2
473 ml can. Pours a murky dark brown with no head. Aromas of roasted malts and subtle sweet coconut. Flavors of unripened coconut, cola, and roasted malts. Not on.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2025
at 23:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
500 ml bottle. Pours mahogany with light head. Aromas of raisins, mineral water, biscuity malts and a bit of Christmas cake spice. Flavors follow same with additional copper/metallic elements and earthy yeast. A very North American version of a Quad with the typical metallic elements and more earthy yeast than a typical Belgian. Good enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2025
at 00:33
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Solid IPA. Tangerine, a hint of marmalade. Grapefruit. Hazy golden pour but more west coast in vibe. Ok head. Light bitter finish with a hint of booze, hop tang. But the latter is light. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2024
at 00:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
473 ml can. Pours a very dark brown with full tan head. Aromas of creamy coffee, lactose, chocolate and roasted malts. Flavors of rich creamy coffee, dark chocolate, sugars and roasted malts.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2024
at 02:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
473 ml can. 2024 vintage just labeled Belgian Tripel. Pours gold with moderate head. Aromas of banana, pears, spicy esters, and bready malts. Flavors of earthy esters, fruity pears, banana, candied stoned fruit and bready malts. Quite nice, though still on the North America side of a Belgian.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2024
at 00:05