Description
Released in 2012 by the Hop Breeding Company, LLC, Mosaic hops feature complex but clean flavour characteristics and are known for their triple-use profile encompassing bittering, flavour and aroma. They have high alpha acids but low cohumulone which makes them pleasantly hoppy, carrying flavours of mango, pine, citrus and herbs and aromas of tropical and stone fruit. Mosaic is the first daughter of Simcoe and Nugget as has been humorously referred to by some as “Citra on steroids”.
Style Guide
- India Pale Ale, American Ales, Amber
The next generation of Hop product from pioneers BarthHaas, this revolutionary product is available to home brewers at the same time as breweries giving you the chance to be part of the future of dry hopping.
PURE LIQUID HOPS
SPECTRUM is a revolutionary new liquid hop product that delivers full dry-hop characteristics. The final product
is 100% hop material with no artificial additions. Imagine the finest hop pellets in liquid form and you will understand the impact and efficiency gained when using SPECTRUM.
SPECTRUM is true to type which means it offers the attributes that you would expect of a specific hop variety. We currently produce SPECTRUM from Galaxy, Eclipse, Citra® and Mosaic® with many more varieties to come in the future.
100% HOPS, ZERO VEGETATIVE MATERIAL
Get all the alpha acids and flavour compounds of hops without the vegetative material, for maximized efficiency and greater yield.
LOSE LESS
SPECTRUM IS FULLY DISPERSABLE IN COLD BEER SO YOU LOSE NOTHING.
With no solid matter to soak up beer and profits, SPECTRUM can replace hop cones or pellets in full or as a partial replacement when dry hopping, to give you back all that you would have lost with the traditional hop formats.
GAIN CONTROL
PROFESSIONAL BREWING IS ABOUT BREWING CLEANLY, CONSISTENTLY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ACHIEVE THE BEST PRODUCT IN A PROFITABLE WAY.
SPECTRUM offers many huge advantages over hop cones and pellets to help you achieve a new level of control in these areas.
UNIQUE AND VARIETY SPECIFIC
SPECTRUM TAKES PROFESSIONAL BREWING ONE STEP FURTHER, ALLOWING YOU TO FINE-TUNE AND REFINE YOUR DRY-HOPPING FLAVOURS AND PROCESSES LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
It’s a unique, variety specific dry hopping product that disperses entirely in to cold beer. It’s 100% pure hop that imparts the full hop flavour and aroma while reducing losses and allowing you to dry-hop with unparalleled control.
CONSISTENT SPECIFICATION AND EASE OF USE
LIKE OTHER NATURAL PRODUCTS, HOPS VARY IN THEIR COMPOSITION. THIS CAN MAKE TRULY CONSISTENT BREWING A CHALLENGE.
Like the pellets you know, SPECTRUM is 100% natural hop, but due to the unique way in which it is processed we are able to offer a product with a significant increase in consistency. With less variance, you get increased control of your beer’s flavour and aroma.
SPECTRUM IS FLOWABLE, SO IT CAN BE EASILY DOSED IN TO ALMOST ANY BREWING SYSTEM WITH MINIMUM MESS AND FUSS.
It also does not create any waste that needs to be dealt with once finished. Compared to hop cones and pellets SPECTRUM offers a simple dry-hopping process that is clean, accurate and time saving.
SPECTRUM IS PRODUCED IN A WAY THAT ELIMINATES MICROBIAL THREATS.
As a liquid product it also allows you to use it with dosing equipment to better protect against potential infection during dry-hopping.
SPECTRUM IS OXYGEN FREE AND HELPS YOU AVOID OXYGEN INGRESS WHEN DOSING
Unlike hop pellets and cones, SPECTRUM leaves nowhere for oxygen to hide. With careful dosing you can dry-hop with almost no oxygen addition at all.
SPECTRUM DOES NOT INTRODUCE ENZYMES INTO THE BEER THAT RESTART THE FERMENTATION PROCESS.
This means that SPECTRUM will never be the source of hop creep.
“We have seen a lower and more consistent loss rate on the beers we have trialed it
in and are really impressed with the flavour profile it gives. We have taken it up to 50% of the dry hop in one of our beers and saw a much shorter tank time
due to lower amount of hop creep and a smaller spike in VDK.”
SOPHIE DE RONDE
Burnt Mill Brewery | UK
NO LIMIT
WITHOUT THE SOLID MATERIAL YOU WOULD FIND IN TRADITIONAL HOP FORMATS, SPECTRUM FREES YOU TO DRY HOP IN WAYS NEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE.
SPECTRUM allows you to dry-hop cost effectively at much higher concentrations to create intense experiences for your customers.
However, SPECTRUM is versatile. It can also be used at smaller doses alongside traditional dry-hopping products to refine beers; helping to round off flavours in a cost-effective way. There are endless ways in which SPECTRUM can be utilised to meet any brewer’s needs.
TRY IT
SPECTRUM is endlessly versatile. The way it can be used is different in every brewery and every beer and is unique to the way you work.
“Spectrum helped us solve long standing production issues with our dry-hopping processes. Much of
our infrastructure struggles with processing extreme dry hop loads using traditional pellets, causing unacceptable beer losses and production down time. Spectrum allows us to continue to push the limits with our beer without sacrificing time and beer quality.”
ROSS KOENIGS
New Product Research and Design New Belgium Brewing | US
Guy Pettigrew (verified owner) –
Over the years I’ve tried various hop extract products for adding to the beer as it goes into the keg. None have been all that successful, at least to my taste. This new product looked interesting and worth trying. I ordered a sachet of the Mosaic variety.
The instructions on the BarthHaas video and the usage sheet are clearly intended for commercial brewers. But easily transferrable to small scale home brewers.
Replacing whole hops in the secondary fermentation was not my intention. Using the product in the keg was the aim. 0.05-0.1 g/litre is recommended. Going for the middle of the range I added 1.5g to 20 litres of finished beer.
The stuff comes in a sachet, which is a bit inconvenient. I took 1.5g using a 2ml syringe to suck the stuff out, having warmed the sachet by dropping it into a glass with some water at about 40C. The 1.5g in the syringe was then dispersed in a small amount of warm water before being poured into the beer in the keg after auxiliary and Isinglass finings had been added.
The beer was then moved into my beer cupboard at 12C.
For the first couple of days I thought I’d ruined the beer. It tasted harsh and the hop flavour was overpowering. But, after about 3 days, things calmed down. The beer came into condition and the hop flavour and aroma really came through. The beer is now really tasty. the hop aroma is astounding, as is the hop flavour. Better than any dry hopping I’ve ever done.
One concern, though, is the packaging. To get the 1.5g out of the sachet I cut the top off. Then clipped it shut before putting it in the ‘fridge. It’s looking a bit messy and I’m not sure how easy it will be to get the next syringe full out. A bottle with a screw cap would work better for me.
Tomorrow another brew will be started. Less of the Mosaic Spectrum will be used in the keg. Possibly the bottom end of the recommendation, 0.05g/L.
This is now an essential addition to my ingredients. Not right for every beer, but perfect for others. Next MM order will include other varieties.
This stuff has given me what I’ve been seeking for years. A finished beer with pronounced hop aroma and flavour. I love it! And it’s so easy to use.
Leaving the packaging concern aside, though, this stuff is well worth trying when you want to brew a hoppy beer. Highly recommended.
Guy