Mosaic IPA
Community Beer Company

 

3/26/23. On tap at Lake House Bar and Grill at White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX. With Sam and Wanda's friends after church.

Dark amber in color. Hoppy pine citrus aroma carries through to taste. A deep bitterness has some complexity.

Enjoyed this. High average IPA.

Can pour- clear coppery amber color with short foamy off white head. Nose is sweet malt with hints of citrus and pine.Taste follows leaning toward the malt side with a lingering bitterness on the finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New brewery , new beer !

Brewers Notes: The deep golden/light amber color of this IPA comes from the use of a blend of English Maris Otter and American pale base malts. Sparing use of English crystal malt lends some caramel sweetness to help balance the hefty bitterness. Heady aromas of blueberry, pine, citrus and tropical fruit are the result of blending Mosaic hops with several other delicious American hop varieties. For being a large, hoppy beer it is quite drinkable, in part due to the balancing act of alcohol, malt complexity, and enormous American hop character.

Bottle poured into a chilled pint glass , amber liquid with a thin taupe foam layer

Malt forward with good hop flavoring

Good beer

 

 

Look - nice standard copper clear color with a nice white head
Smell - pretty floral with a caramel malt
Taste - about the same as the smell, floral bitter hops with a caramel malt backbone. A little sweet
Feel - Medium body and carb
Overall - fairly classic IPA, ok

 

 

 

This is one of my favorite beers. Smell is fruity. Taste is very solid. Smooth and full of flavor.

Light amber beer with a good amount of hops. Taste of some citrus as well as some bitterness in this fine beer. Malted smell with a decent off-white head

 

This is my go-to IPA. So good! Good hop taste! Superior malt taste! Great all-around IPA!

Well let's get down to brass tacks right out the gate: This is the maltiest Mosaic ipa I have ever had. They did barley additions like its a barleywine.

Anyways, pours a full on amber leaning into light brown color territory. Holy moly, this is a heavier malt appearance than the crystal malt ibu war era dipas. I mean I had it in December 2020, so it was almost wintertime, but even then, dang. Can we uh, get this changed to a double ipa? Its 8.6% abv and malty as can be. Its a double. Creamy 4/5" head, good retention.

The aroma is as expected, malty AF with the notion of Mosaic hops left in the dustbin. Its just all caramel and alcohol booziness in the aroma department. Frankly, disappointing.

Taste is going in the same direction, malty booze, very little hop flavor, more bitterness than taste which isn't really Mosaic's jam. I suspect there are some cheaper bittering hops here cooked/boiled to the gills, then a minority stake of Mosaic that gets lost in the malty swamp. I dunno, similar to Wisconsin, Texas struggles at the hoppy stuff (but is great w other styles).

 

Hadn't heard of it. Was the only IPA on draft. Very impressed.

On tap at some joint in Austin. Pale amber in looks with decent head and nice lacing (which more than anything tells me the glassware is cleaned properly). I expected a lot more pine in the nose but it tilts toward the malt. Not unpleasant, just unexpected. The palate is a bit of a let down because if you're promoting a single hop like Mosaic, you better deliver on that. This doesn't. Finished with some bitterness but without any worthy notes. Not horrible. Could be a lot better.

 

Malt Alert!

Not sure how this rates this high? Extremely malty, metallic and honestly should rate in the 80 - 85 range imo. I see no date on the can so it may be old. Not sure but not good.

One of my new favorite beers.

 

 

 

 

 

This beer pours a beautiful hazy/cloudy amber color with a small white head. Picking up a lot of pine & citrus notes, smells very hoppy. The taste follows the smell, perfect amount of hoppy bite, has a sweet aftertaste though. This beer is very chewy & coarse with a decent amount of carbonation. Overall, this is a really good IPA to sit back & sip on.

 

Notes from 5/7/2020.
Poured from a 12oz can into a Rastal nucleated Teku glass and a Spiegelau IPA glass.
The body is copper with 2 fingers of white head in a Teku glass and 4 fingers of head in a Spiegelau IPA glass. Retention is somewhat above normal leaving a decent cap in a Teku, and there's great head retention in a Spiegelau with a moderate amount of thick lace all the way down the glass.
The intensity of aroma is medium. There are notes of peach, mango, and light pine.
The intensity of taste is medium-high. The flavor has hints of mango, peach, sweet malt, and pine. The front and mid palate seem short compared to the huge uplifting bitter finish.
The thickness is slightly above medium. It's somewhat creamy, dry, and has a medium level of astringency. The carbonation in the Teku glass is medium-low and more pronounced than most IPAs. In this case, the extra carbonation helps balance the huge bitter finish.
Overall, it's more dry and bitter than most American IPAs. It's very good but I prefer more balance in a Mosaic IPA. When it comes to local IPAs that focus on Mosaic hops, I rather have a Yellow Rose by Lone Pint.

 

L- Golden amber in color with a nice decent white rocky head that lingers with the beer. Solid appearance.
S- Piney hop, earthy, floral hop, biscuit cracker aroma, boozeyness with a little bit of skunkiness.
T- Sweet, bitter and flavorful. Earthy notes, stone fruit and piney hops follow. There is no boozeyness in relation to the high alcohol content. Incredibly smooth and drinkable. Dangerous...
F- Medium bodied mouthfeel. A bit chewy.
O- A very, very well made IPA. Dangerously smooth and drinkable with the alcohol content it has. Great flavor and solid mouthfeel. A true go to beer around the DFW area. Will always seek this one out.