Mountains Of Mosaic
Dark Sky Brewing Co.
- From:
- Dark Sky Brewing Co.
- Arizona, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 4.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 27, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 10, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
4/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From a fresh 16 oz can . Pours a clear light golden color with a white head and lacing. Smell is fruity dank and herbal . Taste has citrus ,melon berries and papaya. Mouth feel is dank herbal very nic e, this WCIPA is great .
Nov 27, 2023
Reviewed by Lobina from Arizona
4.34/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dark Sky nailed this one. Excellent beer and drinking as much as I can. Perfect summertime beer here in AZ. Hope they continue making it. Get this you will be pleased.
Jun 03, 2023
Reviewed by ThisWangsChung from Maryland
3.79/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is what happens when you befriend a brewer!
Pours a murky orange color. Not much head is formed, but it does create an even film of white-colored head. Retention isn't great, nor is much lacing left behind on the glass.
File this in the "no shit" category - the aroma smacks of Mosaic hops. Even more impressively, it manages to capture that subtle blueberry quality that few Mosaic-hopped brews do. Beyond that lies grapefruit, orange, grass...okay, maybe a bit of onion. Despite the darker color, I personally don't pick up much malt beyond a twinge of caramel. A nicely well-rounded aroma that showcases its singular hop nicely.
Malts are a little heavier than the nose suggested. Still, they don't smother the flavor profile by any stretch. An initial piny bite quickly gives way to caramel, toffee, grapefruit...and blueberry! I love blueberry in a Mosaic IPA. Finishing touches of vanilla cream, guava, and black pepper also appear. This isn't some one-note hop bomb, it's actually a nicely nuanced IPA with a moderate level of layering.
The carbonation bubbles are very fine, making it seem slightly bulky-feeling for 6%. It lacks the soft creaminess of a NE-style IPA, instead showing a firm, slightly angular texture endemic of a west-coast interpretation. I don't think this has elite drinkability, but it doesn't really need it.
Mosaic makes me wary - sometimes I get a nice and fruity concoction, other times straight up scallion juice. This is the former, thankfully. Just a hair less malt would make this a showstopper, but it's not a bother. I'd look for it again.
3.79/5: Certainly not a Molehill of Mosaic
Nov 10, 2016Pours a murky orange color. Not much head is formed, but it does create an even film of white-colored head. Retention isn't great, nor is much lacing left behind on the glass.
File this in the "no shit" category - the aroma smacks of Mosaic hops. Even more impressively, it manages to capture that subtle blueberry quality that few Mosaic-hopped brews do. Beyond that lies grapefruit, orange, grass...okay, maybe a bit of onion. Despite the darker color, I personally don't pick up much malt beyond a twinge of caramel. A nicely well-rounded aroma that showcases its singular hop nicely.
Malts are a little heavier than the nose suggested. Still, they don't smother the flavor profile by any stretch. An initial piny bite quickly gives way to caramel, toffee, grapefruit...and blueberry! I love blueberry in a Mosaic IPA. Finishing touches of vanilla cream, guava, and black pepper also appear. This isn't some one-note hop bomb, it's actually a nicely nuanced IPA with a moderate level of layering.
The carbonation bubbles are very fine, making it seem slightly bulky-feeling for 6%. It lacks the soft creaminess of a NE-style IPA, instead showing a firm, slightly angular texture endemic of a west-coast interpretation. I don't think this has elite drinkability, but it doesn't really need it.
Mosaic makes me wary - sometimes I get a nice and fruity concoction, other times straight up scallion juice. This is the former, thankfully. Just a hair less malt would make this a showstopper, but it's not a bother. I'd look for it again.
3.79/5: Certainly not a Molehill of Mosaic
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