I know this thread is a bit old, but I'd like to revive it... I have never heard that hoppy beers oxidize easily, although I don't claim to know a lot because I've only been brewing for a year. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to best dry hop, then? I have just been throwing all of my whole hops loose into the carboy and then racking the beer onto them when transferring to secondary. It has worked pretty well so far, although it is kind of a pain in the ass to get all of the hops wet enough that they have contact with the beer. I once tried to put them in hop bags and stuff it into the mouth of the carboy, but that was a total pain in the ass to get out at the end... I did hear someone recommend dry hopping in plastic brew buckets, but I am hesitant to do that because of how much more porous plastic is than glass. Any ideas about all of this, HBT community?