Central State Brewing Mosaic Oatsplosion

Mosaic Oatsplosion

 

Central State Brewing in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular Out of Production
Score
7.12
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 1
Brewed with an absurd amount of flaked oats and a generous dose of Citra and Mosaic hops in the kettle, this variant on our Oatsplosion IPA exclusively uses a a boat load of Mosaic Cryo hops in the dry hop. Leaving it dripping with delicious Citra hop aroma and a silky smooth texture.
 

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8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but was just release. Pours fairly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, blueberry, citrus peel/zest, green pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate oat/pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, blueberry, citrus peel/zest, green pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, blueberry, citrus peel/zest, green pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate oat/pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is an awesome IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate oat/pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Very vibrant, dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; nice bready malt/oat backbone, with no residual sweetness. Liked this more than the base beer. Not as soft on mouthfeel, and more dank/earthy/resinous overall. Awesome mosaic showcase as expected. A really enjoyable offering.
Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2018 at 00:35