tell me about your experiences with mosaic hops
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My friend did a single-hop Mosaic IPA, and while I only had a small sample of it, I'm a fan! Awesome flavor, kind of a combo of everything - citrus, tropical, grape/wine, juicy and a little floral. I'm hoping to do a Mosaic brew this summer just because of a little taste.
dubprocess
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just did a smash IPA with Maris Otter and Mosaic.. Turned out freaking amazing!
fab80
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I made a very simple DIPA:
1oz Magnum (60)
1oz Mosaic (20)
2oz Mosaic (10)
1oz Mosaic (0)
3oz Mosaic (Dry Hop)
Opened my first bottle last night after a week of carbonation: it's amazing. A little earthy-piney a la simcoe at first, super tropical at the end. Very tropical actually, juicy, sticky, similar to Citra but much more powerful and complex, and fruity again!
I can see why they called it Mosaic. This hop doesn't need company in a beer.
1oz Magnum (60)
1oz Mosaic (20)
2oz Mosaic (10)
1oz Mosaic (0)
3oz Mosaic (Dry Hop)
Opened my first bottle last night after a week of carbonation: it's amazing. A little earthy-piney a la simcoe at first, super tropical at the end. Very tropical actually, juicy, sticky, similar to Citra but much more powerful and complex, and fruity again!
I can see why they called it Mosaic. This hop doesn't need company in a beer.
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basilchef
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Sweet. I was going to dry hop with citra but now i feel i just have to go all mosaic to see how it tastes for real.
fab80
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Do it. I dry hop with citra all the time. Mosaic is better.
stoneyts
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I did a Pale Ale using Citra in the boil and dry-hopped w/ Mosaic. This beer came out so awesome that I plan to make the next 2 batches the same way. Even the brewmaster at a local brewery was really impressed with it. All this and I did it with extract as I haven't invested in the equipment to go AG
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basilchef
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Im a huge citra fan. I don't know if there could be a better tasting hop for me. But if one should arise to the challenge, ill be ready. I hope its mosaic. The more "in your face" tropical/ citrus the better.
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I did a Citra IPA Clone a few months ago and my LHBS was out of amarillo, so I used Mosaic as a substitute. The final product came out absolutely delicious.
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basilchef
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Recipe?
Gitmoe
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Just kegged a Golden Promise / Mosaic SMaSH. Came out really nice. I like Mosaic a lot. Very universal hop.
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Here is the link to the recipe I used. Citra Double IPA (clone) - Kern River Brewing Company (CYBI Podcast version)
I modified it as follows.
Grain
14# Pale Malt 2 Row
13Oz Cara-Pils/Dextrin
13Oz Caramel/Crystal 10
13Oz Munich
6Oz Honey
6Oz White Wheat
Hops
1Oz Nugget @ 60 min
1Oz Citra @ 30 min
1Oz Mosaic @ 30 min
1Oz Citra @ 15 min
1Oz Mosaic @ 15 min
1Oz Citra @ 5 min
1 Wirlfloc Tablet @ 10 min
Completely did away with all dry hopping
Yeast 2 vials Whitelab East Coast Ale (As I don't have the equipment to do starters right now)
It turned out wonderful. The hops balance with malt flavors extremely well while still producing a highly hoppy beer.
I modified the hops because the original recipe basically produce a citra blast and I wanted to bring a bit more complexity to the hop flavors with the grain bill being as it is. I went to the LHBS wanting amarillo, but they didn't have any. I thought about using simcoe or centennial as a substitute, and the guy at the shop mentioned the mosaic which I had never heard of before. I went for it and was not disappointed.
And yes, I did use the East Coast Ale yeast on purpose.
I modified it as follows.
Grain
14# Pale Malt 2 Row
13Oz Cara-Pils/Dextrin
13Oz Caramel/Crystal 10
13Oz Munich
6Oz Honey
6Oz White Wheat
Hops
1Oz Nugget @ 60 min
1Oz Citra @ 30 min
1Oz Mosaic @ 30 min
1Oz Citra @ 15 min
1Oz Mosaic @ 15 min
1Oz Citra @ 5 min
1 Wirlfloc Tablet @ 10 min
Completely did away with all dry hopping
Yeast 2 vials Whitelab East Coast Ale (As I don't have the equipment to do starters right now)
It turned out wonderful. The hops balance with malt flavors extremely well while still producing a highly hoppy beer.
I modified the hops because the original recipe basically produce a citra blast and I wanted to bring a bit more complexity to the hop flavors with the grain bill being as it is. I went to the LHBS wanting amarillo, but they didn't have any. I thought about using simcoe or centennial as a substitute, and the guy at the shop mentioned the mosaic which I had never heard of before. I went for it and was not disappointed.
And yes, I did use the East Coast Ale yeast on purpose.
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basilchef
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Interesting grain bill. Why do you say "i used the ECA yeast on purpose"? what would be wrong with it?
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I said I used East Coast Ale on purpose simply because I don't think that is really a standard for IPAs.
I guess I was more being preemptively defensive which probably wasn't necessary. Funny you caught and called me out on it.
I guess I was more being preemptively defensive which probably wasn't necessary. Funny you caught and called me out on it.
dubprocess
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I really want to do an IPA with Mosaic/Citra combo similar to this. ..I made a few Smash IPAs one with Maris and another with 2-row using Mosaic and the result was decent. I think Mosaic is an excellent hop but it needs something else to carry it. I just did a Simcoe/Mosaic combo this past weekend so I will see how this turns out. I also really want to do a Nelson/Citra/Mosaic combo in the near future.
danielofthedale
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How would this hop work in an American Strong Pale Ale? I am really interested by this hop and want to feature it in my next brew. If nothing else I will just do an APA.
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basilchef
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Just transferred an all mosaic pale ale to the keg. I like the hop but it didn't blow me away like citra did the first time i used that. It has a familiar aroma that i cant quite pin point. So tropical it almost seems fake to me. I would use this hop again but in small amount, as an accent to another hop combinations.
fab80
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My mosaic DIPA (more info in the first page of this thread) is still amazing! It was at its best at week 2 to 3. Now it's been a month in bottles, and it still surely does kick asses. It has flavour and aroma that get comments ranging from wow to wtf.
I have to say that the freshest fruit notes that were there the first weeks (melon peach and graperuit) fade out quite a bit but the complexity is even more powerful now, a bit more on the earthy side. I did taste some liquorice today, which I hate, but it was very subtle. Still tons of tropical flavours and sweet blueberry. This hop is a blast.
I have to say that the freshest fruit notes that were there the first weeks (melon peach and graperuit) fade out quite a bit but the complexity is even more powerful now, a bit more on the earthy side. I did taste some liquorice today, which I hate, but it was very subtle. Still tons of tropical flavours and sweet blueberry. This hop is a blast.
