Mosaic

Mosaic is the daughter of the Simcoe (YCH 14) hop and a Nugget-derived male which had a linage including Tomahawk, Brewers Gold, Early Green, and an unknown variety. It was released to the craft brewing scene in 2012 by the Hop Breeding Company (HBC).

Mosaic is a dual-purpose hop that can be used in all hop additions throughout the brewing process.

Mosaic offers a unique and complex blend of floral, tropical, fruity, and earthy characteristics that translate very favorably into several different styles of beer, although it is primarily used in IPAs. Mosaic's complex flavor and aroma profile led to its name. This hop is most noted for its blueberry and tropical aromas, but is also known to have citrus, grassy, pine, spice, tangerine, papaya, rose, earthy, floral (blossoms), and bubble gum descriptors. The aroma/flavor descriptors for the wildly popular Mosaic hop commonly include fruity (blueberry), citrus (tangerine, grapefruit), tropical (mango, guava), floral, and earthy. The combination of these aroma/flavor descriptors with the relatively high alpha-acid levels allows this hop to serve a dual purpose, as both a bittering and flavor/aroma hop in the brewing process. Ultimately, Mosaic provides flavor and aroma profiles in beer that simply cannot be accomplished with other hop cultivars. Mosaic hops are one of the most used - and recognizable - hop varieties in use today. It can be used in many different beer styles, but will usually be found in IPAs and pale ales. As for growing properties of this hop, Mosaic has a tight-knit appearance with a compact cone. Mosaic has a unique aroma combined with high α-acid content, powdery mildew tolerance, and exceptional yield.

Some hops just taste better together. We recently analyzed [ 1 ] hundreds of the most popular beers to find which hops are commonly paired together. We found that Citra , Simcoe , El Dorado , Amarillo , Galaxy & Azacca hops are commonly used alongside the Mosaic hop. This is not a complete list, but should give you a good idea of what hops are commonly used together.

Mosaic is also sometimes featured as a single hop in beers to highlight its unique flavors and aromas. It can be added either as a fresh hop, or via hop pellets. Some popular examples of commercial beers that use 100% Mosaic hops in their recipes are SweetWater Hatchery Mosaic IPA , Founders Mosaic Promise , Other Half Mosaic Dream & Trillium Mosaic Cutting Tiles .

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