Planning 1st AG Brew-MO Smash but what hops?

[Brew_Dude41]

My wife got me my starter kit last Christmas and I am now going to AG after this Christmas. I am planning doing a MO smash on my first AG brewday but can't decide on the hops to use. My options are between Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic.

I have seen all three used many times on the forums and I am curious to see how these shake out head to head to head...

I have a pack of Nottingham yeast that came from a kit that I didn't use, and I was going to use that, but I am open to suggestions if there is one that you really recomend.

 

[joety]

My wife got me my starter kit last Christmas and I am now going to AG after this Christmas. I am planning doing a MO smash on my first AG brewday but can't decide on the hops to use. My options are between Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic.

I have seen all three used many times on the forums and I am curious to see how these shake out head to head to head...

I have a pack of Nottingham yeast that came from a kit that I didn't use, and I was going to use that, but I am open to suggestions if there is one that you really recomend.

I would not use Nott with those hops if you have a choice. US05 is the way to go; it has a cleaner ferment.

In order, my preference is:

Amarillo
Citra
Mosaic

 

[Brew_Dude41]

I would not use Nott with those hops if you have a choice. US05 is the way to go; it has a cleaner ferment.

In order, my preference is:

Amarillo
Citra
Mosaic

Thanks on the US05.

 

[joety]

Thanks on the US05.

No problem. If you have the ability to control the temp near the low range, the Nott would probably work just as well.

 

[BeerGrylls]

Mosaic.

 

[kadozen]

To further stir the pot, I love Citra. Hop burst the hell out of it

 

[BeerGrylls]

Something about citra with mo just sounds a little strange

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Well, 6 votes so far, and it is a clean split at 2 for each.

 

[BlkWater_brewer]

The July-August 2014 issue of BYO has a Citra SMaSH recipe using MO and US05 - That would be my vote of your choices,. But IO prefer the NZ Hops over all.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I've done a MO/Amarillo, and a 2-row/Citra SMash, and I just tasted a buddy's MO/Mosiac. My preference was for the Citra, but I want to do it with the MO. I did 1.25 oz at 15 and 10, 1 oz at 5 and flame-out, and 3 oz dry hopped. The only thing I would do differently is bump all the boil additions to 1.5 oz. Nice bitterness, none of the "cat piss" so many complain about, and great tropical aroma.

 

[ncboiler]

I vote for Amarillo and anyone who disagrees is wrong

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Oh, and I second or third the neutral yeast. I like wlp090 (San Diego Super) for my smash beers, super clean and super fast.