On a semi-related topic:
I found out yesterday that using pellet hops is considerably more practical when dry hopping. I brewed a IIPA (Pliny the Elder) which calls for a ridiculous amount of hops in the brewing and dry-hopping process. Some, but not all, of my hops were 'leaf'. This made for a partial disaster when trying to rack to the bottling bucket. The black 'nub' on the end of the racking cane got jammed with hops, then fell off into the secondary carboy. Decided to forge ahead I ended up with enough leafy hops in the bottling bucket to jam the spigot. I sanitized my hand and dislodged the blockage 'manually'. Was definitely a lot more challenging than bottling my few previous batch
es that had no leafy dry hopping.
Perhaps in beer calling for lesser quantities of hops it's not a problem, but this being my first AG recipe, and first encounter with dry hopping with leafy hops, I will definitely choose pellets when available for dry hopping from now on.