Insubordinate
Category 12 Brewing

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From:
Category 12 Brewing
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #1,211
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
89
Ranked #12,276
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 7.48%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
15
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 29, 2022
Added:
Apr 24, 2015
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
Sometimes to get what you really want, you've got to step outside of the lab and do things your own way. To escape the grind and seize an opportunity to make your own mark. The benefits can be surprising.

This isn’t your standard IPA. The piney, citrusy hop character hits your palate with striking crispness that fades quickly, leading to a mild, malt sweetness and dry finish. See you back in the lab.

Welcome to the lab.

Our beers are unfiltered, some haze is natural.
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Ratings by biboergosum:
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.92/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
650ml bottle - cooking up some session IPA in the manner of Breaking Bad, I see?

This beer pours a clear, bright medium copper amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves some tiered streaky cloud lace around the glass as it slowly and evenly subsides.

It smells of semi-sweet, grainy caramel malt, some biscuity cracker, generic citrus rind, wet pine needles, a hint of earthy yeast, and more leafy and floral green hop bitters. The taste is fairly acrid underripe lemon, orange, and white grapefruit peel, heady pine resin and a few of its forest flora friends, maybe a suggestion of battered tropical fruitiness, and more strangely un-perfumed floral bitterness.

The carbonation is quite evenhanded in its well-distributed frothiness, the body an adequate middleweight, and generally smooth, as a small hop acridity kind of interferes with the festivities here. It finishes trending rather dry, the bottom falling out of the malt, as expected, while the tartly fruity, and otherwise green bitter characters really show some lingering oomph.

Overall, a decent enough version of the style, with just enough of a nod to a malt backbone structure to keep things from going off the watery hop rails. Tasty, pretty easy to drink, and yeah, very sessionable, that is, until certain receptors on my tongue start to feel a bit singled out, and book it outta there.
Jun 13, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 5 by squeethorp from Canada (BC)

Sep 29, 2022
 
Rated: 3.9 by garthbrennan from Tennessee

Apr 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.85 by derdtheterd from Canada (AB)

Feb 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by sdm9465 from Canada (NS)

Aug 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.9 by BCborn from Canada (BC)

Mar 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by KStark from Canada (BC)

Sep 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.01 by ZachT from Canada (BC)

Jul 03, 2016
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Reviewed by Ghrymm from Canada (BC)

4.19/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 650ml bottle, 4.5 ABV , 58 IBU's
A: Pours a nice clear gold with a thin white head and spotty lacing.
S: Faint citrus with hops
T: Crisp clean hops rather nice.
F: Nice body good balance .
O: I like this one,on a hot day a few of these would go down fast.
Jan 28, 2016
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

4.25/5  rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - Pours a warm orange amber with three fingers of dense foamy white head.

Smell - citrus and piney hops, pine resin, grapefruit peel, citrus fruits, and bready malts.

Taste - Bold bitter flavours from the hops followed by the pine resin and grapefruit peel. The citrus fruits and bready malts help to round out the brew.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes dry with a lingering bitterness.

Overall - An excellent rendition of the "session" IPA style. The hops are at the forefront and the malts come through in the end to help balance the brew out. Overall, a well executed brew.
Oct 04, 2015
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Reviewed by EspressoGuy from Canada (BC)

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L: bright orange/amber
S:pine, citrus rind, wet stone, fresh/
T: nicely balance, lean, not big and bold, subtle, very bitter finish (58 IBU)
F: light to medium body
O: The extremely bitter finish is way too much for me and detracts from an otherwise really nice beer. I'm eager to try their other varieties.
May 31, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by schopenhauerale from Arizona

May 25, 2015
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

4/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Category 12 Brewing 'Insubordinate ISA' @ 4.5% , served from a growler purchased for $12
A-pour is gold from the growler to a clear gold in the glass with a medium size white head leaving a spotty lace along the pint
S-somewhat hoppy , citrus mostly
T-crisp & clean tasting session beer , ok malt base
MF-ok/decent carbonation , nice medium body
Ov-ok/good beer , decent session IPA
prost LampertLand
May 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by Derek from Canada (BC)

May 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.86 by Beervana from Canada (BC)

May 01, 2015
Insubordinate from Category 12 Brewing
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 15 ratings