raymarkson
Active Member
I know that the quality of hops can vary widely based on sources, storage conditions, etc., but I am just curious how many others are having bad experiences with Galaxy hops.
I recently made an NEIPA with a citra-mosaic-galaxy hop combination and the beer tasted HORRIBLE! I suspected that the brew must have picked up a wild yeast infection somewhere in my equipment. The flavor of it was was unbearably astringent and seemed slightly phenolic. It tasted like rubber (I know that is not really a phenolic description). Anyway I started breaking all of my equipment down cold side and cleaning it thoroughly and replacing tubing. I also decided to start using IODOPHOR instead of StarSan as a sanitizer.
Anyway, a couple of days later, I thought that I would like to dry hop a APA that I had in a keg. The APA tasted fine, but I just wanted to give it a little more aroma. I found the left over galaxy hops that I used in the aforementioned terrible NEIPA and I put 2 ounces in the APA (it was sitting at just under five gallons in the keg). I tasted it the next day and there was the same flavor that I had in the NEIPA. I realized that it wasn't a wild yeast infection after all- it was the Galaxy hops that were making that awful flavor in my NEIPA.
Out of the bag, the hops smelled fine. However, when I used them in a brew, they made it taste so bad that I thought it was infected. I have some left, but I think that I am going to just throw them away. I don't want them to ruin anymore beer.
I recently made an NEIPA with a citra-mosaic-galaxy hop combination and the beer tasted HORRIBLE! I suspected that the brew must have picked up a wild yeast infection somewhere in my equipment. The flavor of it was was unbearably astringent and seemed slightly phenolic. It tasted like rubber (I know that is not really a phenolic description). Anyway I started breaking all of my equipment down cold side and cleaning it thoroughly and replacing tubing. I also decided to start using IODOPHOR instead of StarSan as a sanitizer.
Anyway, a couple of days later, I thought that I would like to dry hop a APA that I had in a keg. The APA tasted fine, but I just wanted to give it a little more aroma. I found the left over galaxy hops that I used in the aforementioned terrible NEIPA and I put 2 ounces in the APA (it was sitting at just under five gallons in the keg). I tasted it the next day and there was the same flavor that I had in the NEIPA. I realized that it wasn't a wild yeast infection after all- it was the Galaxy hops that were making that awful flavor in my NEIPA.
Out of the bag, the hops smelled fine. However, when I used them in a brew, they made it taste so bad that I thought it was infected. I have some left, but I think that I am going to just throw them away. I don't want them to ruin anymore beer.