Kyoto Brewing Co. - Wholesale
HOP IDOL モザイク (HOP IDOL - Mosaic)
An American IPA bursting with tropical character, featuring Mosaic—one of the most consistently popular and beloved hops in the IPA world.
We will never forget when Mosaic hops arrived on the scene. One beer that stood out was Karl Strauss’ Mosaic Session IPA, a phenomenal beer that gave a rich mixed berry character like nothing ever before. Since then, Mosaic has risen greatly in popularity as a staple hop in many IPAs. When we discussed this single hop series, we knew we had to have Mosaic, one of the hops most suited to being showcased as a single hop, be a part of it.
Mosaic has a sweet fruit character that is very soft, and so for this beer we went with a dominantly Maris Otter malt base for its biscuit-like flavours, and on top of that added a hefty amount of oats, along with a little bit of dextrin malt to give the beer some extra body. While the beer’s hops are of course 100% Mosaic, we layered it through 4 different additions, in combination with Cryo versions of the Mosaic for some extra flavour boost, resulting in a soft, creamy, and hazy IPA, loaded with tropical berry and fruit flavour and aromas. This is definitely going to be a hoppy go-to for us this summer!