When you say use a little less, how much are you talking? I’m currently soft crashing a beer down to 58 where I’ll let it sit for about 24 hours. I’m then going to dry hop with some 2019 galaxy, and a small amount of Columbus. This beer was loosely based around the trillium congress street recipe. JC said in another forum that they use the equivalent of 6 ounces galaxy and 1.5 ounces Columbus for the dry hop in the standard congress street recipe. No idea how much they use for the ddh version. I Used all Columbus in the boil, 2 oz galaxy in a 170 whirlpool, and added zero hops during fermentation.I've had the best luck with Galaxy doing the following:
Never dry hopping with it during active fermentation
Dry hopping colder (57/58)
Cold Conditioning the beer for longer at lower temps
Use a little less, a little goes a long ways with Galaxy
Awesome candied passionfruit character using these methods.
In fact about to add some Galaxy to a couple beers right now.
In light of the recent discussion in the great neipa thread here I thought ir would be a nice idea to start sharing experiences with Galaxy hops and hop lot nrs.
I think harvest time probably has the most influence on fruityness of a hop, as mentioned in a recent barth haas webinar about hops.
My latest bag I just opened smelled exceptionally well. Its was 2019 harvest with 15.9%AA and lot nr VU046.
Possible yes, my bag was 2019 after all. Have you had any 2020 that was bad?All hops from Australia get blended. You could have Galaxy that’s A++ and they still blend it with stuff that’s an F. For everyone even the biggest breweries. It’s roulette for just about everyone.
That being said I tend to have better results with older Australian hops. The super fresh stuff is always insanely harsh to me. I think they actually benefit from aging. Just a thought but so far it’s been my experience lately with Enigma and Galaxy.
Possible yes, my bag was 2019 after all. Have you had any 2020 that was bad?
Still would be nice to track lot nrs as well just to see if there is a pattern. Please share if you do, we will get year nrs as well.
I’ll often order Australian hops directly from Australia as they’ll be available there three months before they arrive in the US. This year I bought a bunch of Galaxy and HPA-016. They were both incredibly “rough” and astringent. Really strong Anise like flavor profile. Have since used some much older Enigma and Galaxy (2019) with much greater success. Almost zero of that rough astringent character. Granted they are different lots of hops.
I saved the rest of those 2020 Hops I ordered from Australia to see what they’re like a year later. one of the bags I purposely didn’t seal to see if some oxidation might actually benefit them???
I have some 2019 enigma I’ve been sitting on for a while. Just haven’t gotten around to using it yet but I think I’m going to do something with it soon. I’ve seen a lot of differing opinions on it but perhaps it’s because they’re similar to galaxy in the way that it’s a crap shoot in terms of what you actually get.
Wow. That’s pretty generous of them. The 2019 I have is also from YVH so this makes me even more excited. Thanks for the heads up.The 2019 Enigma I got from YVH recently is awesome. I ordered more after using the firs lb and they sent me 2020 instead of 2019. I reached out and said I wanted 2019 and they sent me 2 more lbs of it without asking for the 2020 back.
I have some 2019 enigma I’ve been sitting on for a while. Just haven’t gotten around to using it yet but I think I’m going to do something with it soon. I’ve seen a lot of differing opinions on it but perhaps it’s because they’re similar to galaxy in the way that it’s a crap shoot in terms of what you actually get.
There aren’t many, but there are breweries that have Galaxy hop contracts and get to do lot selection in Tazmania every year which is where Galaxy is grown. Treehouse is one of them.All hops from Australia get blended. You could have Galaxy that’s A++ and they still blend it with stuff that’s an F. For everyone even the biggest breweries. It’s roulette for just about everyone.
That being said I tend to have better results with older Australian hops. The super fresh stuff is always insanely harsh to me. I think they actually benefit from aging. Just a thought but so far it’s been my experience lately with Enigma and Galaxy.
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