American Wheat Beer Mosaic Honey Wheat

[christyle]

I'm fermenting now as well but the malts came from an abandoned wheat ale kit from my LHBS. I did a hop stand at 165f and will either DH with an ounce of Mosaic, Galaxy or El Dorado. Any recommendations?

I had a great El Dorado beer at Noble ale works in Anaheim, so I decided to try them for myself, and they didn't hit the same flavors I had remembered, not sure why... I was disappointed.

 

[Helly]

So I didn't forget about my batch, but life gets in the way. Finally got to it today. Sample tasted solid so I kegged it and popped it in the fridge. I'm still excited about it.

 

[Singletrack]

I made a beer "inspired" by this one, and I am ready to report results. First, it is great beer -- thank you Rivenin. I used 2 parts Mosaic to one part Citra, and I like this better than Mosaic alone. The blend seems to tame that initial flavor shock you get from an all-Mosaic beer.

I loaded up the hops, and I believe that was not beneficial. I get very little from the honey malt. Mine tastes more like an APA/IPA. Those are my favorite beers, but I think this would have been better if I stayed closer to the recipe. I may try again in a version that allows the honey malt to come through better.

Last, this is a great beer -- thank you again Rivenin.

 

[FinchSCF]

Thanks to the OP for this recipe - Just tapped into my keg after carbing for a week and it's tasting great! My gravity ended up a bit higher than the target, so I added a 1/4 ounce more of Mosaic to the dry-hop to even things out. Mosaic flavor comes through well and tastes great but isn't overpowering enough to keep the grain bill from shining through. This will be an awesome thirst quencher for the rest of the summer for sure!

 

[AkBrew907]

Sounds very tasty.

I have 5 lbs of fresh picked blueberries that I am trying to figure out what to do with. How do you think racking this into the secondary on top of them for a week or two would be?

 

[christyle]

I'd do it with a hef or blonde or something, I think the hops and citrus would overpower the light blueberry flavor.

 

[Rivenin]

Hey guys!

sorry i've been absent... started a new job and had a new kid... so my life is a bit, how do you say... has no free time LOL.

but yeah, i'd keep the blueberries off to the side on this one. The blueberry flavor is so light compared to the flavors in this beer.

Glad you guys enjoy the beer! Once i get back into brewing, this recipe is up along with a stout... but alas, it's probably going to be a few months off due to the new kiddo

 

[Shenanigans]

I have 1 bottle of my first attempt left. Nice beer. I got some El Dorado hops for another beer last week and was thinking I might brew this beer again with them instead of mosaic. Probably need to add something else in there like columbus to give it a bit more complexity.

 

[Shenanigans]

So, I went ahead and brewed this with Columbus and El dorado on the weekend.

Again I can't get Honey Malt here so I subbed it with Abbey malt and also added a 1/2 pound of Munich malt to add a bit more backbone.
I ended up with an OG of 1.055 and calculated IBUs of 35.
After 10 days or so I will dry hop with 1oz of El Dorado for about a week.

If it turns out good I might add it as a separate recipe as it is significantly different than the OP.

The bad news is that my first attempt is all gone now
I gave a woman in work the last bottle today. She had about 5 bottles of it at my garden party in August and has been asking for more.

The good news is that it was an exchange as she is going back to her home town in Poland she's going to bring me back a few bottles of Pinta Imperator Bałtycki

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/pinta-imperator-ba322tycki/242567/


:rockin::rockin::rockin:

Anyway I'll report back in about a month about both beers

 

[ChrisRyan]

Just thought I'd chime in and say that I brewed this (original recipe in post 1) on 8/7 and I am enjoying one right now. Great beer and will most certainly brew again

 

[jekeane]

Anyone happen to try harvested Oberon Yeast with this? I found some saved dregs in the back of my yeast shelf and may give it a go.

 

[Rivenin]

i certainly can if you want to send me some Bells!

My wife bought me some assorted hops for my birthday last month, and alas, there was 4oz of mosaic in there, so I at least have the hops for this recipe and 10 gallons.... might just need to make a batch of this as i do need a quick turn around beer! and an easy drinking one as well

 

[TxBigHops]

Thanks for the recipe. I brewed a Wheat pale ale earlier this year that went fast. And I've never had a bad beer with mosaic hops. So I'm putting this one on the To-Brew list.

 

[phug]

Can anyone suggest if using uk admiral for the fwh and fifteen min hops and mosaic for the flameout and dry hop will be a good combination?

 

[Rivenin]

Can anyone suggest if using uk admiral for the fwh and fifteen min hops and mosaic for the flameout and dry hop will be a good combination?

While I've never used Admiral hops, the first hop in this beer being so small and not much bitterness. I'd say go for it, any clean buttering hop should go well in this. Nugget, ctz, target, etc.

Note : just make sure the IBUs are kept in check. If memory serves, mosaic is around the 8-10 range, Admiral is in the 14-16 range, so you would need a bit less than the .25oz this recipe calls for.

 

[phug]

coincidentally the mosaic i have is almost the same AA as the admiral. thanks for the input

 

[Rivenin]

oh damn! i just checked mine and it was 12.8%. good times!

 

[phug]

I think mine is 13.0 and my admiral is 13.1 easy sub

 

[phug]

Just brewed this today. That mosaic smelled good

 

[Rivenin]

Just brewed this today. That mosaic smelled good

Awesome!

keep us posted on how it turns out.

 

[optimal_pizza]

This recipe looks great. I wanted to scale it down to 2.5 gallons in Beersmith. Do you have the OG and FG for this? Thanks!

 

[Rivenin]

sure thing!

1.052 > 1.012

 

[phug]

Just opened my fermenter for bottling day after 3 days of dry hop. Holy crap that's fruity! You'd swear I squeezed a bunch I fresh mango and clementines in there by the smell of it. Looking forward to the hydro sample

 

[Rivenin]

Glad you're enjoying it in the nose holes! haha. Keep us posted!

 

[Kozwald]

Trying your recipe today. I'm adding to it slightly. Had some left over Centennial in the freezer so I'm adding .2oz to the FWH with the Mosaic and going to dry hop with 1oz Mosaic for 1 week.

Can't wait to try it.

Thanks for sharing your recipe.

 

[Rivenin]

sounds great! Centennial should play very well

 

[phug]

That is tasty and very easy to drink. I just opened a small bottle today to go with my lunch.

 

[Rivenin]

awesome! glad to hear!

 

[phug]

Labeled that batchView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1452789378.510230.jpg

 

[Rivenin]

hah, that is badass!
Can you do me a favor if possible? can you post the img file of that label? i'd love to put it on the next batch i make!