Category 12 Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Saanichton,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Category 12 Brewing
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6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gold, fast fading white head. Light cat piss nose and palate. Light malt in back.. Medium citrus bitterness, good body for style
Tried
on 24 Jul 2023
at 23:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Salt and lime worked well in the front. Really pleasant. Good beer.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2023
at 02:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473mL can, pours a clear bright golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out crisp grassy hops, biscuity malt, and light spiciness. Flavour is bright, with lots of grassy hops, crisp crackery malt, and some herbal notes. A bit too herbal and not spicy enough but has a good brightness and crispness. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2023
at 00:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Pale blond colour, cloudy, with compact head. Strange smell, some sulfur, bio matter, light touch of floral hops. The mouthfeel is very dry; a bit chalky; the bitterness is correct, there are piney resins, traces of menthol; maybe cat piss; mild pith.
Drinkable, but shockingly different from any Cold IPA I can remember; did they just cold-ferment a Hazy?
Pale blond colour, cloudy, with compact head. Strange smell, some sulfur, bio matter, light touch of floral hops. The mouthfeel is very dry; a bit chalky; the bitterness is correct, there are piney resins, traces of menthol; maybe cat piss; mild pith.
Drinkable, but shockingly different from any Cold IPA I can remember; did they just cold-ferment a Hazy?
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jun 2023
at 06:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473mL can, pours a mostly clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma is loaded with sweet tropical fruits, overripe stone fruits, resinous hops, and caramel bready malt. Flavour is quite assertive, with big tropical fruits, resinous hops, juicy citrus, some pine, and a big caramel bready malt base. Powerfully hopped, but also very juicy, sweet and malty. Finishes with those overripe stone fruits, along with a nice balance of sweet maltiness and citrusy hops. Not exactly the bulls-eye of my IIPA taste, but undoubtedly well-made. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2023
at 02:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473 ml can.pours a bright amber with medium head. Aromas of sweet tropical fruit, candied citrus, subtle pine and bready malts. Flavors follow same with additional berries and doughy malts. Thick mouthfeel. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2023
at 00:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Blond color with minimal haze; medium head. Holy fruit aroma, this is nice: gooseberry, passion fruit, key lime pie. The mouthfeel is off-dry; good malt base, with some bread and toffee accent; bold bitterness, piney hops, orange peel, dry apricots; a bit too mineral in the finish, salty.
A modern IIPA, very good.
Blond color with minimal haze; medium head. Holy fruit aroma, this is nice: gooseberry, passion fruit, key lime pie. The mouthfeel is off-dry; good malt base, with some bread and toffee accent; bold bitterness, piney hops, orange peel, dry apricots; a bit too mineral in the finish, salty.
A modern IIPA, very good.
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2023
at 06:55
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Well I can tell by the way it fizzed up and died I am bound to be saddened. But of course I never expected it to be my favourite Deviation, that won'�t happen. But it'�s light, thin, not much complexity and what is with the vanilla? When making an Irish Stout you should always filter your recipe through the question of would I serve this to Shane MacGowan. I would not.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2023
at 02:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Thin head. Big rich roasty Quantum, but rounded by some mellow dark sugars, raisins, that sort of thing. Full body. A chill finisher kind of thing.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2023
at 05:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very dark brown. A bit oaky, rich dark fruits, light coffee. Big body, full coffee and chocolate and a whack of dark fruits. I've seen dates melted down into Omani halva in Nakhl, and this isn't that far off. Maybe smokier or at least more burnt.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2023
at 05:21