FreshieGalaxy
Australia's flagship hop, a passionfruit bomb.
What it tastes like
Galaxy is technically Australian but is grown widely in the US under license. It's one of the most aromatic hops on the planet — passionfruit, peach, citrus zest, and a soft tropical sweetness. Hazy IPAs lean on Galaxy heavily because it pairs perfectly with Citra.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Galaxy
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Galaxy, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Galaxy? connects to the rest of the hop family — its parents, and the varieties it spawned. Trace the full pedigree in the Hop Lineage explorer →
Blood relatives
Genetically closest in the pedigree (may taste different):
Pedigree data adapted from the Rohwer (2021) hop family tree (CC0 1.0). Compilation, analysis & visualisation © 2026 Veryation · Freshie™.
For brewers — technical profile
Oil composition
History
Bred by Hop Products Australia, released 2009. Originally only available from Australian harvests, Galaxy is now grown under license in the Pacific Northwest.
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Flavor twins across Freshie
Drinks and foods across Freshie that share Galaxy’s flavor fingerprint — matched on shared flavor axes via the Freshie Taste Graph.