Haha, yeah that's an expensive dry hop.
That makes me wonder... where is the point of diminishing returns on dry hopping? You would think at some point the flavour/aroma is going to max out and then you're just losing beer to the hops.
I have experimented a lot with dry hopping and finding the point of diminishing returns, generally speaking, the following applies, per 5 gallon batch, using pellet hops:
- 1oz is subtle
- 2-3 oz per dose is usually best bang-for-buck
- 2 * 2oz dose, five days apart is more effective than adding them all at once
- pay close attention to water chemistry, for example Freddy city water needs approx 3Tbsp gypsum in the mash water to really make the hops "pop"
- careful with amarillo and citra: too much of the first gives you a mayonnaise aroma, too much of the second may give you a magic marker aroma
- add a dose of dry hops to the keg, in a muslin bag
- 12oz of fresh (current year's crop) pellet hops, added in doses of 3oz at a time, the first 3 doses free floating, and the last dose in the keg, in a bag --> is at the far end of the point of diminishing return. I have incrementally added more hops, up to 2 pounds in a 5 gallon batch, but aside from giving the beer a green tinge, there was no real noticeable effect.
have a very large dry hop bag, or let them float freely (they will sink after a few days)