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.
Do it. I dry hop with citra all the time. Mosaic is better.
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.
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.
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.
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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