Hop Pellets – Mosaic – Cryo – 1 oz
Hop Pellets – Mosaic – Cryo – 1 oz
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Hop Pellets – Mosaic – Cryo – 1 oz
Developed by Hop Breeding Company and released in 2012, Mosaic® HBC 369 cv. contains high alpha content and features a unique and complex aroma profile that translates favorably into a variety of beer styles. It is a daughter of Simcoe® YCR 14 cv. and a Nugget derived male. Mosaic® is named in honor of the artistic assortment of aromas and flavors it is capable of presenting.
Alpha acids: 11.5%-13.5%
Beta Acids:3.2%-3.9%
What ARE Cryo Hops®?
Well, hops cones are frozen with liquid nitrogen, then the lupulin glands are separated from the now nearly completely debittered leaf, or low alpha bract. The glands that make up Cryo Hops® are the concentrated bittering and oil containing portion of the hops. They are extremely high alpha acid, but using them just for bittering is kind of a waste. The real beauty of them is the intense aroma and flavor they bring to your beer. Without the vegetative material that traditional hop cones and pellets contain, Cryo Hops sucks up less of your precious beer and doesn’t give you the astringency you can get from traditional cone or pellet hops. If you love to brew NEIPA, this is the hop product for you. Because of the heavy load of late hops in the style, many people find them to be astringent. Cryo Hops® eliminates that issue.
The additional product made during the Cryo Hops® process is what’s called “American Noble Hops™”. It’s the debittered leaf and concentrated bract of whole hops that has been separated from the lupulin glands. It’s low alpha and retains the aroma and flavor characteristics of the source variety. Think of it as a Pacific Northwest variant of traditional noble hops. It’s available in pellet form.
