Mandarina Bavaria SMaSH mild flavor/aroma

[ong]

I just kegged a SMaSH brewer with all Golden Promise and Mandarina Bavaria, fermented with sacch trois. I did this in a juicy NEAPA style: no boil hops, but 8 oz in the whirlpool and 6 oz as a biotransformation dry hop addition. It’s pretty good — finished dry, with a nice enough flavor — but I’m surprised that I’m not getting a ton of character from the hop, with nearly a pound in a 5 gallon batch. Am I just expecting this to behave like Mosaic or Citra, when it’s a more subdued hop?

 

[thehaze]

It's a much more subdued hop. It works best mixed with similar tangerine/citrussy/orange hops, but don't expect explosive flavours. It however works great in Kolsch, Lagers, Pale and Blonde Ales, Belgians, etc. so basically where you want a subtle / pleasent hop presence, and not an over-the-top fruit salad.

 

[jimmyjusa]

Used it as a solo hop in a belgian blonde, i think i could have gone with almost anything though since it wasn't hop forward. I used it to dry hop a blonde and to me got more of an orange rind type of flavor.
If you have ever tried kumquats and eaten them whole, that's the flavor i got from this.

 

[bstacy1974]

I just used this hop in an IPA with Cascade, Chinook, and Summit. I guess its a type of NEIPA recipe since I'm going with an two step dry hop schedule.

 

[Smellyglove]

It's one of the "newer" german hops and does not have the same amount of oils as the american counterparts. So you really need to use a whole lot more of it if you expect the american amount of flavor.

 

[ong]

I figured 14 oz would do the job. The beer is actually quite good, I think — the sacch trois really saved the day by contributing its own fruitiness.

 

[ong]

This has shaped up to be a really excellent beer. I’ll be using it as a template for future SMaSHes!

 

[bstacy1974]

Just kegged my IPA. It tastes amazing. Lots of fresh orange.

 

[jimmyjusa]

Awesome, gotta love when a plan comes together

 

[yourlastchance89]

I've used it in IPAs and lately in my lagers as well. Too subdued for my IPAs and it's very good in my lagers but I think it may be too overpowered when trying to create the beers to style as compared to using traditional noble hops