Tag: Mosaic

Beers – 20/10/16

Deschutes Brewery – Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Smells good, tastes OK. 4 months old.I cant tell what the hops are – its 100 percent Cascade I have just read. Ok bitterness, and a mild caramel malt hint. This is OK, its a standard pale ale, cant really mess it up. On finishing the bottle with was nice, but would have been better when a lot fresher and less traveled.

Deschutes Brewery -Hop Slice Session IPA. India Pale Ale Brewed With Meyer Lemons. Fizzy soapy looking head, nice bright golden yellow/orange colour. Not very carbonated, actually quite watery. Bottled 07/16. Tastes bitter like lemon pith. Looks like the actual lemon juice taste is gone here. This probably needs to be drank super fresh.

Modus Operandi – Former Tenant Red IPA. Nice smell fruity as hell, nice head. The first sip is bitter sweet with caramel like malts, bitter hops and a nice peppery thing. The fruity smell just doesnt quit. The hop bitterness isnt clouding the malt flavours after multiple sips, or that peppery thing which I think is the hops whish is still there – I’d say rye but no rye, Does wheat do this? Theres wheat in here. The hop bitterness melds well with the malts. This was canned 17/8 and it still has a nice fresh hop burn/the peppery thing?. This is good.

Mornington Peninsula –Mosaic Single Hop IPA Tinnage 007. Reviewed previously. Still good.

Cheeky Monkey – Southern Wailer Hop Flinger West Coat IPA. Still good, still fucking hoppy.

 

 

Beers – 14/10/16

Anchor Brewing – California Lager. This is good, but todays didnt remind me of my first – which I thought was amazing. Maybe this one was a bit old. It felt a bit dulled and the malt was down and the bitterness quite one note. I will try this again, as it is great and Im sure this was just a bit of a dud.

Mornington Peninsula –Mosaic Single Hop IPA. This is Tinnage 007. A nice single hop IPA. I do like mosaic hops but more for smell/flavour etc, the bitterness is there and it OK but not that enjoyable to me.

Deschutes Brewery – Fresh Squeezed IPA. This smells a bit funky hops and its just Mosaic with Citra. A bit old this one, the hops are dull, the smell could be better. The beer itself seems pretty reliant on it being hoppy, theres not much else I can see going on, and the age had left the hops with only a blah bitterness. Will have to try again with a fresher bottle.

Cheeky Monkey – Southern Wailer Hop Flinger West Coat IPA. Still good, still fucking hoppy.

Anderson Valley – Briney Melon Gose. Still great.