Archive record · Brewery
Category 12 Brewing
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2014
- Archive ID
- TB-GMM0X3KS
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Listed in the BC Ale Trail brewery directory (checked August 2026). Independence is as-listed by that directory and has not been independently Founding year not yet on the record.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Category 12 Brewing pours in Victoria, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by Michael Kuzyk; Karen Kuzyk2014
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Official brewery story identifies founder/head brewer Michael and co-founder Karen.
- Founded by Michael Kuzyk2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery story identifies founder/head brewer Michael and co-founder Karen. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0932
- Founded by Karen Kuzyk2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official brewery story identifies founder/head brewer Michael and co-founder Karen. Pass source id: SRC-CA-0932
- Owned by Michael Kuzyk2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Karen and Michael Kuzyk were explicitly identified as owners; current Michael role is President & Co-Founder, but exact 2026 beneficial cap table is not published.
- Owned by Karen Kuzyk2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Karen and Michael Kuzyk were explicitly identified as owners; current Michael role is President & Co-Founder, but exact 2026 beneficial cap table is not published.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 2200 Keating Cross Road, Saanichton, BCSaanichton, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Category 12 Brewing
Site detail
Official site confirms a small-batch brewery using Canadian-made equipment and a current Keating Cross Road brewery/tasting operation.
Events
- Category 12 announced public opening for December 19, 2014; a 2013 business-start signal remains separate from opening chronology.2014-12-19
Opening
Contemporary opening announcement identifies Michael and Karen as founders/operators.
The People
Behind the beer
Current UVic profile identifies Michael as President & Co-Founder and head brewer.
2017 reporting identifies Karen and Michael as owners; current exact equity not re-proven.
The Beer Library
Beers
Tripel 2026
Year-RoundBelgian-style Tripel
Current official 2026 release page. (CURRENT/2026 VINTAGE) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Breakthru IPA
IPA
Current official product page; enzymatically treated and lab tested. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Fuzzy Peach IPA
Hazy IPA
Current official product page. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2025
Spiced Beer — Spruce Tip IPA
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Spiced Beer
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Quantum (Smoke & Wood-Aged Beer)
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Smoke & Wood-Aged Beer — Quantum
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Smoke & Wood-Aged Beer
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
1 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- bc beer awardsAwarded2024Bronze — Quantum (Smoke & Wood-Aged Beer)
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited http://category12beer.com/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
BC Ale Trail — brewery directory · BC Ale Trail
ReferenceMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08Claim last checked 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Category 12 Brewing
- Who owns Category 12 Brewing?
- Category 12 Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Victoria, Canada.
- Is Category 12 Brewing independent?
- Yes. Category 12 Brewing is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Category 12 Brewing founded?
- Category 12 Brewing was founded in 2014 in Victoria, Canada.
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