#Stoked On Mosaic
HenHouse Brewing

 

Picked up some of this back in the Spring of 2019.

Pours a bit hazy despite not being that style designation, let's hope its from a massive dry hop. Usual color of yellow and gold like watery gravy-ish consistency, 1/2" white head. The aroma confirms why this looks the way it does: its jam packed with Mosaic hops giving way to that berry and tropical dankness. Its big and lush.

Taste is a mega Mosaic hopped pale ale, story checks out. Its super light on its feet, a true pale ale. Hits middle of the road bitterness without really having anything flaked related to alterna-malts like wheat and oats, I think the cloudy appearance is simply from an unfiltered mega dry hopped beer. Still tastes like all barley. Its a definite winner and seemingly with something so simple. Pale toasted malt, big amount of one of the best cheater hops, and I mean that in a joking kind of way.

Would be quite the nice world where I had access to this all summer. I'm reluctant to spend $4-5 a can on pale ales with SNPA being all that and a bag of chips, but this is easy repeat purchase stuff.

Fresh can from cask n flask San Jose.

Poured from a can - murky and hazy lemon yellow with quickly dissipating white head leaving a bit of foamy lacing. Nose is mildly tropical. Taste follows with some dank notes and mild malt .Finishes a little dry with a slight bitterness. An easy drinking Mosaic hopped pale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can dated "MOSAIC 03/16/17" into a nonic pint.

L: Pours slightly hazy golden with two fingers of low density white head that had moderate retention and left spotted lacing.
S: Nose is bright dank and tropical as expected from Mosaic single hop effort.
T: Follows the nose well, very tropical with perhaps very subtle underlying citrus. Finishes with minimal bitterness and some astringency, nothing lingers long.
F: Thinner bodied, even for a pale, and carbonation medium.
O: Solid Mosaic single hop effort, would definitely repeat.