All Day Single Hop (Mosaic)
Founders Brewing Company

 

Light gold pour, touch of haze, creamy finger of white head. Nose us light resin and berries

Taste suggests resiny dankness, berry, light kilned malt, an earthy bite lurking behind. Light mouthfeel. Finish sees unripe papaya mekd with the resin for a little length. Balanced beer.

 

From a 12oz can:

Appearance: Clear yellow, good head.

Smell: A little stinky sock, then lemony seltzer with a hint of berries.

Taste: Mild sweetness then some dry breadiness and a mix of citrus and berries. Nice Mosaic hop taste. Light bodied, but expected with a “session IPA”.

Overall: I like mosaic hopped beers but not usually a fan of session IPA's, but decided to try this one. Pretty decent/good, good mosaic flavor, just too light bodied for my preferences. Worth a try.

 

 

With the same session able demeanor as their usual session IPA, Founders features the hop of Mosaic to give their light but flavorful IPA a special little fruity, herbal bitter spunk.

Pouring much like the original, a mild hop haze decorates an otherwise honey golden appearance. As a frothy cap reaches the rim, the juicy perfume of tropical fruit, citrus and herb come with berry nuances and a botanical perfume that hinges on bright and pungent. Scant sweetness brushes the tongue with a dry cracker-like toasty sweetness to start.

And that sweetness continues to fade as the ale splashes the middle palate, leaving room for the uniqueness of hops to bring a pink grapefruit, bitter orange and lime-like taste following with more tropical flavors of passionfruit, kiwi and gooseberry before trending bitter-forward with the crispness of black tea, hemp and blackcurrant.

Light, crisp and refreshing, the bubbly mildness in taste allows for a carbonic bite and a grain husk character to join the bitterness for slightly off-clean finish.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours yellow orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of bright citrus and pine. Tastes of citrus and piney hops. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.

A great session. Clear golden color. Huge, white head. A mix of pine and tropical fruits from Mosaic hops. Pleasant hoppy bitterness in taste. Easy to drink.

Poured from a twelve ounce can, the body is a faded golden color with white head. Light lacing.

Aroma is a delightful mix of floral and tropical notes. The taste follows the nose and features a sharp bitterness from the mosaic hops. Not much going on, but simple can be fine.

Mouthfeel is good and tingly but soft. Solid carbonation.

 

12 oz can canned 8/6/24 into a Becker glass.
L: SRM 4.5 pours a lightly caramel color with very light yeast showing but not quite a
straw, steady medium carbo bubbles, a soapy thin dingy white head that recedes to edge foam, med-thick soapy lacing all around.
S: Hops, grains, lightly fruity, light caramel.
T: Gently sweet with a slightly peppery hop note, yeast, caramel malts, grapefruit zest, pine resin, it is lightly pale, more resinous at the finish and through the aftertaste which also has an affable perfume note.
F: Brisk, wet, medium-light bodied feel with a semi-wet center and a lightly brisk medium length moderately drying finish.
O: Some session IPAs can have a light note of sulfur in the taste. This does not and is fairly hop frwd with citrus, resin, and grains. Extremely well balanced and is easy drinking. It is very good to excellent in its Session Ale sub-style.

 

12oz can. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of tropical fruit, caramel, toffee and pine. Sweet fruity taste with toasted caramel and a piney bitterness.

 

Bright, clear, very pale gold with a fairly scant head. Grapefruit hop aroma, a little faint. Sharply bitter taste, more so than the standard All Day, with a tropical fruit flavor. Very dry finish: quite well attenuated. Not much malt at all. Medium-light body.

I'm always up for trying new All Day's, but this one is pretty unexceptional and one-dimensional, not nearly as good as their flagship.

 

Pours clear golden yellow with a healthy white head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is a mix of tropical and citrus fruits. Flavor follows the nose, a touch sweet up front with a nice hop bite in the finish. Feel is light and well carbonated. Overall, one of the best session IPA's I've had in quite a while.

C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE