Hop combinations with Mandarin Bavaria

[Braufather]

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I got some Mandarin Bavaria hops and i'm looking for suggestions on beer styles and hop combinations.

From what I have found so far the recommendations seams to be in combinations with Citra/Mosaic or to use as single hop for Pale Ale or Lager.

a couple of options here from brewdog Recipes - BrewDog Recipes

and this Bavarian pale ale with vienna , so doubling up on the bavaria theme from spiedal - Brewing recipe for Ale Bavaria Mandarina - Speidels Braumeister

ive done the bavarian pale and it came out nice but quite subtle. when i tried to ramp it hop hop wise it didnt work so next time i will keep with the original recipe. ive also used it in slot machine and that worked well ( red rye pale ale)

 

[Rigsby666]

I'm going to try dry hopping MB in a kit of Courage Directors that I got really cheap because it's six month passed it's BBD. Directors has a subtle orange taste in it's profile, it's not a massively strong flavoured beer anyway, so I was hoping the MB might help pick out those orange flavours a little and make it a little more interesting. I'll let you know how I get on.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I got some Mandarin Bavaria hops and i'm looking for suggestions on beer styles and hop combinations.

From what I have found so far the recommendations seams to be in combinations with Citra/Mosaic or to use as single hop for Pale Ale or Lager.

My experience of Mandarina is that it really is quite subtle, and would be completely swamped by the likes of Citra and Mosaic.

Far, far better to use it as a "modern twist" (or at least "not-classic twist") on classic European styles, the kind of thing that would normally be using classic German hops like Tettnang or Hersbrucker. That doesn't just mean helles/pilsners, although those are probably the best-suited styles, but dunkels, even saisons or Belgian pales. Would also work in the kind of British styles where you might use Styrians, but that would not be my first choice.

 

[Braufather]

A dunkel weizen sounds a great idea for it. Works well in a red rye. Might try that myself.