In describing how he uses different hops to amplify others, Kowalski alludes to culinary connections. For example, he compares including a bit of Galaxy in a juice-bomb IPA to baking a cake and adding a pinch of salt.
“The cake is sweet, but the salt boosts everything around it,” he says. Likewise, with Galaxy: “I don’t like the diesel quality in it, but I find that a little bit of Galaxy amplifies everything around it.”
For much more from Kowalski and other top brewers of hazy IPA today, be sure to check out How Hazy IPA Keeps Getting Better, in our Summer 2026 issue.
ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.075 (18.1°P)
FG: 1.016 (4°P)
IBU: 60-ish
ABV: 8%