Mosaic And Citra
Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Brew By NumbersPale Ale - American Style / APA Special
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Score
7.14
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“The collaboration with Hobsons brewery represents a link between my previous life as a farmer in Herefordshire and my current role as Co-Founder & Managing Director of BBNo. Hobsons produce some of the best traditional cask ale in the Herefordshire/Shropshire region; this was the beer I drank as a reward after a long week’s toil on the farm!” Hobsons also use local Marris Otter barley, malted by Thomas Forcetts and grown on the farm I grew up on, which is still managed by my father Stuart.
The beer was brewed at Hobsons using local Maris Otter barley, malted by Thomas Forcetts and grown on the farm Tom grew up on, which is still managed by his father Stuart, along with some wheat and Hobsons unique strain of yeast. It was produced using the modern craft brewing techniques and ingredients, Hobsons brewer Paul and Tom mirrored a New England water profile with a 1:1 sulphate to chloride ratio, a 30 min hop stand post boil at 85c and heavily hopped with Citra whole leaf. They also dry hopped the beer using Mosaic Cyro powder – a new processed form of the famous hop that is used by BBNo and several US and UK breweries.
This beer started off as a special brew in 2018 but due to its popularity is now permanently available in keg and 330ml cans temporarily throughout the year.
THE BEER ...
The beer is a 4.2% Extra Hoppy Pale Ale. Hopped with Mosaic and Citra hops. Profile will be light body, mellow bitterness and full on citrusy hop. By full on I really mean it, but it will be a pleasant experience with flavours of mango, pine, citrus and herbs and aromas of tropical and stone fruit. It will be hazy as it will be unfined in order to maximise hop flavour. It’s unfined, so it’s 100% suitable for vegans.
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BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
19th Oct 2018; half-pint, gravity pour at the 4th CAMRA beer festival in Shifnal, Shropshire. Slight haze to my golden pour, snow white head. Citrus lead to the aroma and taste, semi-bitter, semi-tart, semi-sweet. Not really my thing, but it's a decent beer; scored objectively.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at The Wellington, brum. It pours hazy pale orange with a substantial foamy white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, vibrant, bright, sweet apricot, peaches & cream and persimmon. The taste is dry, bitter, pithy, tangerine, kumquat, zesty, zingy satsuma, persimmon, straw, peppery spice, grass, straw and minerals with a dry finish. Medium body and fine, foamy carbonation. Bright and fruity. Great condition always helps.. Exceptional. Best Hobsons beer I have had by a country mile.
RichTheVillan (12489) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Wellington; hazy golden amber pour with a thin off white head, aroma has some fresh citrus action, taste has some dusty pine, tangerine, crisp bitterness, decent hote golde.
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Hazy gold pour with a white head. Aromas of grapefruit, lemon zest, light spice. Oodles of citrus in the flavour with a splah of pineapple and baked apple. Goes down exceedingly well. Nice.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Half pour (cask) at The Wellington. Pale, haxy golden, small, tight, creamy head. Aroma is slightly piney, citrus. Taste is hoppy, piney notes first, citrus notes second. Wrapped up in a creamy ejaculation of brew. Nice.
Olut (21769) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Vocation & Co, Hebden Bridge. Hazy yellow-blonde with a small head. Thinnish in its texture, there's a gentle citrus fruitiness which gets better stated in its nose.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask @ Salopian, the pub. Pours a misty gold, small white head. Good hoppy fruity aroma. Surprisingly fruity hoppy character, certainly bucketloads of hops in this. Unrecognisable as Hobsons, certainly this is a Brew By Numbers beer through and through. Good drinkability, very well balanced, yet super flavoursome for a 4.2% cask beer.. hard to believe this was brewed at Hobsons. Excellent.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On cask gravity at the brewery Bermondsey. Hazy yellow gold lasting white head. Slight dank hoppy aroma. Some lemon some dank hop. Light carbonation. Heavy on the dry hopping. Too dank for me really. Just hop flowers. Light to moderate bitterness on the finish. ok.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Mosaic And Citra from Hobsons Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at BBno, 17/02/18. Hazed golden orange with a well presented off white cap of tightly knit bubbles. Nose is juicy citric pith, mango, bubblegum, straw, light pine needle. Taste comprises orange wine gums, lightly smoked straw, cantaloupe melon, pine slither, soft breads, tangerine. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close peppered with juicy hop bitterness with a dank whisper. Solid hoppy cask gear ... could session on all day !