What could I do with 1 lb of Galena hops?

[Ouroboros]

I've got an opportunity to pick up a cheap pound of Galena pellets from the LHBS. I've never used them before, but it was a good price and I needed to pick up some weight in a fairly neutral high alpha hop. I've read that galena won't leave wierd aftertastes when used to bitter... is this true?

I'm especially concerned about styles where I won't use too many aroma or flavoring hops and can't mask the lingering aftertaste of the bittering addition. IMHO C hops, Simcoe, and Brewer's Gold leave a little "something" in the beer even when they have been boiled for 60+ minutes, nugget feels like you're taking a belt sander to your tongue, and Magnum is about as neutral as you can get. Where does Galena fall?

Also, does anyone have experience using Galena as a late hop addition? Is it similar to nugget? It smells like nugget so much that I want to make a late-hopped galena/nugget IPA, but sometimes hops change their character in weird ways when they hit boiling wort.

 

[Oldsock]

I've been going through about 10 oz of Galena pellets for the last couple years. It isn't quite as clean as Magnum for bittering, but its close. I haven't used it for flavor/aroma, so I'll let someone else weigh in on that.

 

[afireinside6]

Sly Fox used it a few times back when they were doing their IPA project of single hopped beers. Read a few of the reviews to get an idea about its aroma/flavor characteristics.

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/sly-fox-galena-ipa/49755/

 

[Revvy]

I use it as a base bittering hop quite a lot. A friend did a a version of his "Belgian IPA" with it as a flavor and aroma hop and it was very good.

 

[prosper]

It's closely related to nugget. I use it a lot for a nice clean bittering - it seems very refined there, even at excessive IBU's, without the sharp attack that (for example) Columbus has. I find it vaguely 'englishy' as a bittering addition, with a bit of earthy/woodsyness to it, and I've never used it as a flavour or aroma hop.

 

[Brew-boy]

Galena is a nice go to bittering hop, I like them.