Dry Hopping

[Pickled_Pepper]

I'm curious to hear how the mosaic is. I've never even smelled them before, much less tried them in beer. (or cider) There's a local brewery in Athens, GA (Terrapin) that is making a single hop rye ale out of them. Looking forward to trying that one.

Any tasting/aroma notes on how it turned out?

 

[BadgerBrigade]

I'm curious to hear how the mosaic is. I've never even smelled them before, much less tried them in beer. (or cider) There's a local brewery in Athens, GA (Terrapin) that is making a single hop rye ale out of them. Looking forward to trying that one.

Any tasting/aroma notes on how it turned out?

I don't know how to describe this other then skunky.... I stick my face in the bag and take the biggest stiff and OH MY GOD IT SMELLS SOOO GOOD!
But really, you will love it...

 

[Pickled_Pepper]

I was more curious of how it worked in the cider

My LHBS doesn't have mosaic in stock. I'm going to the beer store today to see if I can find some mosaic beers to try.

 

[BadgerBrigade]

I was more curious of how it worked in the cider

My LHBS doesn't have mosaic in stock. I'm going to the beer store today to see if I can find some mosaic beers to try.

Ya, I figured that but don't know how to describe it.... Lol
It just makes the cider taste so good

 

[BadgerBrigade]

I'm am about to start a side by side comparison between Saaz and Citra hops to see which I like better. I've read that Citra has a lot of fruity flavors that it gives off and I thought this would be ideal for a cider.

Did you finish the comparison? How did it go?

 

[BadgerBrigade]

Since you don't have a hop schedule in a boiling wort like beer, dry hopping is the only method I am aware of. (I guess you could boil the juice) I suppose there are different ways to approach it though. A hop tea, adding at the beginning of fermentation, in secondary...

What is a "Hops schedule"?

 

[Pickled_Pepper]

A hop schedule is just the timing schedule of when the hops go into the boil kettle.

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1 oz UK Challenger @ 60 mins left in boil
1 oz UK East Kent Goldings @ 15 mins left in boil

 

[BadgerBrigade]

Update: I enjoyed the hopped cider so much that I have three more gallons already bottled and carbonating in the living room as well as two more gallons dry hopping in carboys in my room... Did not quite use up the rest of my mosaic and cascade hops yet So I may make another batch of the two mixed.

Post script: I have one on open ounce of NZ Nelson Sauvin 12.5%...
The guy at the homebrew shop just handed it to me and said try this... He didn't even charge me. Has anyone ever use these hops and what did you think of them?

 

[LandoAllen]

I'm will be transferring to the secondary in two days at which point I will dry hop a gallon with Saaz and another with Citra for a comparison. Sorry it's taking so long... I did a very long cold crash.

 

[lucienpower]

+1 to dry hopping. I am about to try Citra hops this time since it supposedly gives fruity tastes so I figured it would compliment cider well.

How did the citra come out? I have used helga for dry hopping cider with great success.

 

[maxtpower]

I have used Citra for dry hopping cider and it's awesome.

 

[lucienpower]

I've used an Australian hops, Helga, in pellet form. I add to the secondary for 7 days. Look for aroma hops, not bittering hops. Aroma hops have higher percentages of beta acids, while bittering hops have higher alpha acids. I've got a hopped apricot apple cider on the go. Bottling this weekend.
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