Mosaic/Vienna SMaSH

[JakeSparrow]

So I'm going for something simple for my first brew on my own setup in a couple weeks. Just wanted to get a solid recipe beforehand. I chose Mosaic because of all it's flavor aspects and I wanted a decent malty flavor to go with it so I settled on Vienna. I'm thinking an IPA will be best, around 50-60 IBUs and about 7 percent ABV.

As far as hop schedule goes I'm thinking a small FWH addition and 2-3 oz worth of late additions and 2-3 oz for dry hopping.

So along with coming up with a good hopping schedule I wanna know if this might be perceived as too sweet. I know Mosaic hops can have a perceived sweetness and of course paired with a malty base grain, I worry it might seem too sweet. So any advice on this or the recipe will be of great use! Most likely I'll be using Nottingham yeast.

 

[JakeSparrow]

Bump

 

[kev211]

Vienna is gonna make your beer really rich, but it will also make your hops shine. I was actually just reading an article on vienna and munich malts and they were saying that the vienna malt can be a good substitute for an English Pale malt and comes in about 3-5 deg Lovibond, so its not too far off from most pale malts. It just has the potential to finish sweeter. And I dont necessarily think that a sweetness in an IPA is a bad thing if its hopped right. I would just focus on getting your flavoring hops right. If you plan on doing the FWH like you said then I would drop the rest around the 5 min-flameout mark.

Id say go for it! Just make sure you get those hops right or youre looking at a syrup sticky mess haha. Good luck!

 

[JakeSparrow]

Thanks Kev. Glad to hear that Vienna is a good malt to work with. Also will probably stick to the 5 minutes and below, I'd like a fairly simple schedule so maybe FWH, additions at 5 and flameout and dry hopping. I'll post the recipe once it's brewed along with how it went.

 

[kev211]

No worries. Keep in mind, Ive never done a Vienna SMaSH so I cant speak to vienna by itself. Im just regurgitating what Ive read. But I have used it in some IPA's Ive brewed and they have come out quite nice.

 

[EternalHoppiness]

A few months later, how did this come out? Thinking about a vienna/mosaic SMaSH later this week. . .

 

[crash568]

I just did kind of a smash yesterday with Hull Melon hops and pale ale malt but did add some flaked wheat for some nice head retention. Did a FWH 10,5,0 hop addition its now bubbling away in my living room.