Beer O'Clock: One Hop

There are lots of single-hopped ales out there, and that's a good thing.

By focusing on one hop, you can learn the subtleties of that variety and be able to detect it in future brews. If a label doesn't list the hops that are used in making the beer that you're drinking, you can at least pick out that hop by the flavour profile.

And so, today's review is going to focus on a single-hop pale ale by a brewery that I had never heard of before I happened upon one of their pale ales in my local grocery store. And while I wasn't fussy about that brew, I quite like this creation.

Mosaic Single Hop Pale Ale (5.2% ABV)
Furnace Room Brewery
Georgetown ON

Appearance: a glowing, hazy apricot-orange with a foamy white head that pours thick and then settles to a thin cap.

Nose: limes, pineapple.

Palate: flavours of pine and grass make up the bulk of what you feel in the mouth, and it comes to a short, clean finish. 

Overall impression: this is a thirst-quenching, easy-drinking pale ale that goes down nicely on a late-autumn afternoon

Beer O'Clock rating: 🍺🍺

Furnace Room Brewery gets bonus points for calling this ale a "pale ale" and not an IPA. Too often do breweries play fast and loose with that name for this style of beer that an India Pale Ale has started to lose its identity. If you've read my reviews of yore, you may have heard me complain in the past.

So good for you, Furnace Room!

You can find Mosaic Single Hop Pale Ale in the LCBO or you can order it directly from the brewery.

Cheers!