Pic-A-Hop Mosaic
Parallel 49 Brewing Company

Pours very hazy light bright orange, some white flakes near the bottom. Smell is mild some citrus bit of tropical. Texture is great. Taste is mild and fairly indistinct yet very enjoyable to me. The flavor is very mild and hard to describe - I guess some floral and citrus, but not quite grapefruit or anything that resembles a specific citrus fruit, it just has that citrus taste profile, but it's subtle. Sort of like when cannabis has a citrus aspect to it. Really drinkable, although after a while an aftertaste does start to build on your tongue, to the point where the aftertaste flavour on your tongue is stronger than the taste of the drink. Really enjoyed this.

Murky yellow-tan color. Poured a medium head that turned into a thin skiff in a minute. Too murky to see the carbonation level. Left only a few small dots of lacing.

Moderate barnyard smell dominates. Mild vegetal hops. Light celery stalk smell. Swirling the glass kicked up a stronger barnyard smell, but still without sharp overtones.

Sweet graham cracker-like malt flavor. There is a medium-mild barnyard flavor that gets stronger and weaker in waves. Mild bitters with a very light hop flavor. The aftertaste is rather weak, but mostly barnyard at first. Some of the sweet graham cracker pops through as the flavors quickly fade away.

Moderate tongue tingling. This quickly foams into a cream for a second or two and then to coarse bubbles. Very little liquid is left as pretty much everything turns to foam. A bit oily and gummy towards the end.

One of four IPAs in their 2022 Pic-A-Hop package showcasing individual hops. This is a great idea. Unfortunately there is no information on the brewer's web site about this, but web searches suggest they have been doing this for several years. Each IPA has a different ABV and style. I would have made them identical with the exception of the hops. This is next to useless as a way to compare hops.

The label calls this a "Hazy Session IPA".

Too much barnyard, although this is one of the less sharp varieties. Very little hop scent or flavor. Oddly sweet and malty. Interesting mouth feel as almost all the fluid is converted into foam.