Question regarding hop schedule with Mosaic

I think you should be fine. Mosaic is a great hop but I personally think its way to sweet and fruit on its own.

Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I've got a blonde with 2 ounces of it as a single hop that I'm kegging that I can report back on.

But you should be fine. It is potent and flavorful and tosses a great aroma.

 

If it were my beer, I would use a more common bittering hop @ 60 (magnum, columbus, etc... whatever you have that will work) instead and increase the dry hop to 3oz.

 

If Mosaic is as potent as people post I would not even consider using more than 2 ounces for dry hopping. I used 1.5 ounces of Citra for dry hopping an all Citra hopped IPA and I had to ‘age’ that beer before it was palatable.

Cheers!

P.S. In case it needs to be stated: Citra is a very potent hop.

 

Mosaic is probably the only hop I would "SHIT" regularly (single hop, intensely tasty)

 

ISO SMASH SHIT IPA

 

If you are bagging it, just free float it in there. Siphon wouldn't really be an issue. Or worse case.. Toss them in loose, and use the bag around your siphon when you transfer it.

 

It's a good one, but man, I wish I could just love it like everyone else.. Then again I'm with Jack, I've got this Zombie Dust clone on tap, and I'm just not loving, loving it. Great beer, but I'm really getting worn out on Citra. I've got a Citra Pale Ale clone that is fantastically good, but it's a bit more rounded on the Citra.

I added Mosaic to the black IPA I have on tap in the dry hop, and it's big enough to fight Simcoe, Columbus and Chinook for the front seat..

 

Yeah man, the bag will keep most of it out the way, and since you are using a bucket, once it gets low enough, and you tip the bucket to get every precious drop you can get without getting a bunch of trub, just grab the bag and pull it out.

 

I recently did a Mosaic SMASH recipe that called for:

1 oz first wort hopping
1.5 oz 15 minutes
1.5 oz 0 minutes
2 oz dry hop

I thought it would be overpowering, but it turned out incredibly tasty. Nice, strong bitterness followed by an explosion of fruity/sweet flavors. HUGE aroma as well. It helped that the malt is pretty sweet too (Golden Promise). It's one of my favorite homebrews so far and it's been a big hit with my friends.

 

Not really. Other than slightly more IBUs at 30 vs. 20 (and even then) I'd be hard pressed to pick out which beer was brewed with a 30 vs 20 min hop addition.

What do your normal beers come out like and how are your schedules different from this recipes'? If you're beers tend to come out too bitter and this schedule is similar to your normal schedule, then drop the 30 to 15 or drop the 75 entirely, moving it to 30 and the 30 to 15 or 10. If they are normally spot on with this recipe and are normally just the right range of bitterness, keep it as is.

I think the 5 oz or so for your recipe will turn out a nice beer and because its not over hopped, the flavors from the Mosaic won't be muddled (Personal experience from over hopping a beer is that flavors get muddled and beer gets slightly vegetal, both not good).

 

Just tasted my friend's all Mosaic yday and he used too much, I think, it was 8 oz.s total in a 5 gal. of 10.55 OG beer (2 oz. DH). There was a strange lingering taste that we couldn't describe but which isn't present in other beers he and I both make. I love Mosaic but feel it should be mixed with other hop(s), and added with a bit of care.

 

I had a wonderful Mosaic pale ale at the NHC in 2012. It was brewed using Vinnie's Hop 2 It recipe, which is used to evaluate new hops at RR.

Mosaic at 10.4 AA, 1.053 OG.
90 = 7.5gr
30 = 26 gr
0 = 37.5 gr
Dry = 21 gr

 

Dave, I would be willing to bet that given some more aging this beer will become a more pleasant drinking beer.

Cheers!

Jack

 

Aging? What is that?