Gotcha! If I recall correctly, I was speaking on total hopbill there, not just specifically the dryhop. For your specific usage, Galaxy will only make up 8% of the total hopbill. I think you’d need to get it to about 15% to be able to pick up it’s character in a supportive role
Looks good to me for a hop schedule. Keep o2 to the absolute minimum and you’ll have a solid beer. From there you’ll be able to make any adjustments you deem fit
So silicone tubing is oxygen permeable... When doing a closed transfer from keg to keg (neipa) would using EVAbarrier tubing be beneficial for reducing g oxidation?
It’s never not beneficial but as long as you’re purging your vinyl lines prior to transferring, I personally can’t imagine o2 being an issue in that 10-20 minutes. Especially with flow
I'm super anal about O2 but this doesn't really concern me. The issue with O2 permeating through tubing I think is pretty slow so is more of an issue with the lines in the keezer as the keg sits there for days/weeks/months.
Did you wind up harvesting the yeast and send it out? I've made a few starters from their cans and I've gotten intense banana hefe like character.
Inspirered by this post I did a
Same here with 2020 Galaxy. Its a wasted batch in my mind. I just added some Citra to my keg to see if I can salvage it but I think the damage is done.
Did your’s smell good out of the bag and then just not come through or was it always off?
Smelled fine, not mind blowing but OK. Then it just did not deliver anything in the final product except for some mouthfeel/thickness that I always get with Galaxy.
That sucks. My Galaxy has been good so far but I do have two different AAs of it and have only used packages of the one so far. I will say Nelson took over a beer tht was dryhopped 3:2 Galaxy to Nelson. This Nelson is really good a have so I’m not sure if the Galaxy just didn’t deliver as it usually does or the Nelson was that good.
I’ve gotten garlic onion notes/kinda like burnt rubber with mosaic before when I opened a pack. I threw them right out.
Update on this beer, I pulled a sample tonight and the hop burn is almost completely gone after only 4 days in the keg. I use a Clear Beer Draught system for all my NEIPAs so that also helps. No more Galaxy for me, unless I can get my hands on some Cryo.
Try dryhoping at cooler temps with Galaxy, avoid it in fermentation, and in large portions of the whirlpool. This may rekindle your love with Galaxy
Agreed with all of this. When im using galaxy, I like to add a little in the WP (0.5-1.5oz) which I think helps to accentuate the overall flavor in the finished product. Im DHing at about 60, but sometimes a little cooler at 58ish. At kegging time, I typically get an intense flavor with a little hop burn perhaps but it quickly subsides in conditioning quite well. I know others have been disappointed with galaxy of late it seems, but I still love it.
I am also going to try nectaron in one of my next batches.
What was the actual dryhop temperature?
Listened to that podcast after you recommended it and was very interesting what they said about galaxy. Seemingly Hop Breeding Australia mix all the lots of the hops they get. So you could have some good and some not so good in your pack. I got 2020 Galaxy from Yakima and it was terrible, smelled of broccoli and got nothing out of it in the beer, thankfully no off flavors but no Galaxy goodness. I emailed Yakima and the sent me a lb as an apology but haven't used or opened it yet.
Yeap, that's exactly how it went. Great customer service. Didn't even say it to me till it was in the post.
Let us know how it smells. Should really crack my lb open to see what it's like.
Haha, I'm just having a little fun. I have never had a bad experience with Yakima's customer service/shipping thus far.
