I usually brew my rye APA heavily late hopped with Amarillo, Centennial, and Simcoe. I’m planning on a different twist with some lots of late Galaxy hops instead. I wanted to mix the Galaxy with another hop. I thought of doing Citra for a kind of “2 hemisphere” APA, but I’m worried about the Citra overpowering the Galaxy. If I go with a 1:2 (or even a 1:3) ratio of Citra/Galaxy, do you think that balance would work. I’m open to another hop besides Citra, too.
i’ve not tried it personally, but I’ve read Nelson is a nice match to Galaxy 50:50.
I’ve done Nelson and it was awesome. I’ve done sorachi ace and it was very good. So was calypso.
I’ve mixed galaxy with pacific jade, PAC gem and motueko in a pale ale. Very good but all similar Southern Hemisphere hops.
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It is the signature dry hop combo of Stone’s Enjoy By IPA.
I just did an APA with 1 ounce of Citra for bittering, Galaxy at flameout, and 2 ounces of Galaxy dry hopped. The passionfruit notes really came through with the aroma and the flavor out of primary fermentation. I can’t wait to try it next week before I keg it.
Horizon and Gala y for Galaxion PA. I have those, and plan on it.
Thanks for the great suggestions!
Served the Citra and Galaxy APA at my wedding and it was a hit. It was far and away the favorite of my wife and I out of the 3 we had at the wedding. 15 gallons of homebrew was gone in about 4.5 hours.
I’ve brewed a steam beer with Nelson and Galaxy that was really excellent. Recently, I’ve been doing a blend of NB and Citra for flavor and Galaxy and Cascade for aroma, which has also been a winning combo.
Really enjoying the Galaxy/Nelson Sauvin combination. The aroma is wonderful!