Guinness launching Lager with Mosaic Hops

[drgarage1]

Guinness Launching Blonde American Lager. Brewed Stateside.

You know Guinness for the darker side of life. Namely the nitro dry irish stout. In recent years, there have been different releases by the Irish brewery, but the most popular is undeniably the stout.

In August, the brewery is launching a new beer that is just a little out of character, Guinness Blonde American Lager. Yes, it’s brewed in the United States, with American hops.

A crisp, refreshing tasting beer with a rich, delicious flavor, brewed in America in the Guinness traditions known only to our master brewers with our famous Guinness yeast, and Mosaic and Willamette American hops.

A little investigation shows this beer being brewed by City Brewing Company, a contract brewery that operates three different locations in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.

Guinness Blonde American Lager will be available in 12oz bottles and draft. Official announcement to follow.

Style: Blonde Lager
Hops: Willamette, Mosaic
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Arrival: August, 2014

It will be interesting to see if the hops are perceivable...

 

[Rau711]

Because Mosaic was so easy to get before.

 

[Ataraxia1]

Waste of Mosaic hops

 

[Brez071]

Waste of Mosaic hops

Came here to post this, posted anyways for emphasis

 

[tehzachatak]

Didn't Heineken try that cascade hopped beer once? How did that go? Does that still exist?

 

[SeaWatchman]

Waste of Mosaic hops

So you've tried it already?

 

[Ataraxia1]

So you've tried it already?

Well what do you think?

Kidding aside, Guinness is larger than many craft breweries and probably will be able to get a good amount of those hops.

Which will then be added, one pellet per 100L, to a batch hundreds of thousands of barrels in size so they can distribute it all over the world. Where it will sit on the shelf for 10 months before being tossed away.


Basically, a waste.


I've been noticing a trend of (craft) breweries putting out new IPAs, or variations of their existing ones, but made with Citra/Mosaic/Nelson hops thinking that will automatically propel the beer into TG/HF/etc territory.

No.

If your pale ale was mediocre or crappy before, it's extremely likely it will still be mediocre or crappy even with those nice hops. You're just wasting them like a crowd of vegans booking out the best barbecue restaurant in Texas for a party.