Galaxy hop bomb swelled more than expected..

I had the same happen with 30g pellets.

Insane. This was 40

do you think you got the most out of them? Ive got a 40g dry hop (20g Galaxy and 20g Cascade) to go into my IPA and was going to use one of these!

I recommend no more than 30g in a ball this size. No more than a third full. I get the feeling some of this was wasted

How do you normally dry hop? was this your first go with the ball?

Ive done one batch where I just dumped them in, but ended up with hop debris in my bottles.

In this instance I hung the ball from the lip of my cold-crashing vessel (I had already racked from the fermenter). Kegged from the cold crash vessel after 3 days dry hopping and the ball remained suspended, where I promptly took it outside, opened it up and took this photo. First time using this particular ball.

Smelled bloody awesome.

Can't help but wonder if the low temps of the cold crash exacerbated this issue.. next time I might dry hop straight in the keg

I've seen some people use two fine strainers, maybe 10-15cm diameter, joined together to make a big one of these tea/hop balls. When I used the smaller ones I always wondered if I got the best out of the hops. Probably wouldn't fit through the top of a keg though, would be fine in a fermenter. These days I just use a hop sock. Starsan to sanitise, pop the hops in with something like a stainless fitting to help it sink.