Maybe Galaxy if you can get it from Austrailia, but be prepared to pay on arm and a leg for it. I did find some Simcoe from the craftbrewer.au website years ago during the first hop shortage, but as above, very expensive!
IMO, a good substitue for Simcoe would be cat pee.
If I’m subbing for Simcoe I use something like Cascade/Centennial and consider it an improvement (I just don’t like Simcoe). Summit might be a decent sub but I haven’t used it yet. I have ~10 oz whole leaf Simcoe I doubt I’ll ever use because I dislike it so.
Ha! The guy that brews at Shipyard Emporium (Ron Raike) said he would do a swap but I just haven’t made it over there…and I do need some English hops. Lots of folks love them but I just can’t get past the cat.
This kinda got me thinking … maybe … maybe you could sub in something like 70% chinook and %30 citra and get something kinda similar. Would be worth a shot, assuming you can get Citra. Kinda hard to find no as well.
Im a bit ignorant as to why Simcoe’s in particular always seem to be so hard to find. Can anyone shed some light? Is the variety weather temperamental or something?