The Hop! Single Hop Series - Mosaic
Salt Beer Factory in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Series|
Score
6.39
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This series of single-hop beers aims to showcase the unique character of some of our favourite hop varieties. The first one being Mosaic:
Mosaic hops are complex, best known for notes of mango, stone-fruit, floral, tropical fruit, citrus & pine.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Asda. Murky pale golden body with a massive white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of blueberry, minerals and dried mango. Flavour of lemon and orange. Medium body with a spritzy mouthfeel. Very fizzy. Pithy and well balanced. Overcarbonated and shows only a little of how good this hop can be.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
440ml can from Asda. Poured a murky golden colour with a huge fizzy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light tropical citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a light, watery, crisp, light lemon citrus, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with very lively carbonation. Clearly brewed for the supermarket price point.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 27/09/21. Murky orange with a decent off white head. Nose is orange pith, melon, grass, pineapple, airy malts. Taste comprises tangerine, grass, melon, pineapple, pale malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with balanced light juicy hop bitterness. Adequate no frills pale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can at home picked up from Super marche. A light hazed pale gold yellow coloured pour with a fine white froth. Aroma is soft grassy leafy hop, lime zest, kiwi, bready grains. Flavour is composed of light tart prickly pineapple, citrus, salty lime, wheaty bready grains. Palate o light tart, bready, mineral, moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from ASDA Supermarket, Manchester. Hazy yellow-blonde with a small bubbly head. Has a hoppy nose and a mild soft citrus fruitiness, not much bitterness. Mango and lime come to the fore in its aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from Asda Bridge of Don. It pours hazy golden with a small white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, tropical, tinned mango & apricot, kind of grainy, dull pine and hay. The taste is crisp, dry, light bitterness, soft sweet fruits, tinned mango & apricot, grainy, pine, orange squash and some earth with a drying finish. Lighter end of average body and average carbonation. Has a grainy undertone to it, which isn't great. Definitely feels like a beer made on a budget. So-so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can from Asda; hazy golden yellow pour with a big bubbly white head, aroma has citrus and slight malts, taste has cardboard mixed with citrus and some malts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Asda. Cloudy gold in colour, with a thin, white, head. Aroma of citrus hops and mango sweetness. Flavour had more tropical fruit, light malts and a hint of green herb before a dry finish with a tart edge. Fine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
44cl can from Asda. Thin white head. Cloudy golden pour. Light bitterness. Easy drinking.