Beverage
Galaxy
S tier
Galaxy is an Australian aroma hop famous for passionfruit, peach, and intense tropical notes that helped define Southern Hemisphere IPA character. High oil and distinctive fruit make it a dry-hop star. Alpha is significant; flavour impact is higher still. Whirlpool and dry-hop for passionfruit explosion; blends with Citra/Mosaic are common. Can dominate—use with intent. Cold-chain storage protects fragile tropical oils.
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Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
Dry HopIPAPale AleWhirlpool
Traits
AustralianIntensePassionfruitPeachTropicalTropical Intense
History
AU
Galaxy was released and rapidly became Australia’s flagship craft aroma hop export.
International IPAs adopted Galaxy for passionfruit-forward profiles.
Galaxy stayed a top requested Southern Hemisphere hop.