TiHKAL: Mosaic
Ascension Brewing Company in Novi, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Series Out of Production|
Score
7.41
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superspak (10160) reviewed TiHKAL: Mosaic from Ascension Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 8/2019. Pours opaquely hazy golden/orange/green/amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, toast, honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, toast, honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, toast, honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.2%. Overall this is a fantastic NEIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Fantastic soft feel, and not overly aggressive. Amazing Mosaic showcase. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced wheat/oat/malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Ascension and a can at home as well. Pours a hazy gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates to a ring. Big mosaic forward nose. Lots of citrus, gooseberry and pineapple. Smooth and juicy...light and crushable. Lingering dank & citrus on the finish. The dried pineapple notes are unreal. Diggin' this one a lot. --- Beer merged from original tick of TiHKaL (All Mosaic) on 17 Aug 2019 at 20:18 - Score: 8. Original review text: Big mosaic forward nose. Lots of citrus, gooseberry and pineapple. Smooth and juicy...light and crushable. Lingering dank & citrus.