Galaxy

Australian Galaxy hops are Australia’s and Hop Products of Australia’s (HPA) greatest success story. Breeding started in 1994 when an Australian female plant known as J78, which is progeny of the variety Pride of Ringwood, was crossed with a male derived from the high alpha German Perle. Galaxy hops were developed by Hop Products Australia in the mid-1990s, but not released until 2009.

Galaxy is a dual-purpose hop that can be used in all hop additions throughout the brewing process.

Galaxy hops have one of the highest concentrations of essential oils known in hops, which has contributed to its meteoric rise in popularity. Galaxy is often described as having a strong passion fruit aroma and flavor as well as blasts of clean citrus and peach. At times, you can also experience pineapple and tropical fruit hints. Galaxy hops are all tropical fruit with little to no floral, pine, or spice flavors or aromas. Galaxy is an extremely versatile hop variety. They can work compliment other hops perfectly, or take center stage as the primary flavor. Their high alpha acid content make them especially suited to late boil and dry hopping. Their distinctive mixture of citrus, passion fruit, peach and hints of grass is sure to stand out and create a beer like no other.

Some hops just taste better together. We recently analyzed [ 1 ] hundreds of the most popular beers to find which hops are commonly paired together. We found that Citra , Mosaic , Simcoe , Columbus , Motueka & Amarillo hops are commonly used alongside the Galaxy hop. This is not a complete list, but should give you a good idea of what hops are commonly used together.

Galaxy is also sometimes featured as a single hop in beers to highlight its unique flavors and aromas. It can be added either as a fresh hop, or via hop pellets. Some popular examples of commercial beers that use 100% Galaxy hops in their recipes are Hill Farmstead Double Galaxy IPA , Toppling Goliath Twisted Galaxy & Masthead Galaxy Vice .