Dry Hopping yay/nay

So i am cloning the Victory Hop Devil IPA this month. The brew is in the primary (has been for around 6 days) and it calls for dry hopping pretty soon. Since (due to lack of funding, closet space, and sheer floor space) i don't own a proper secondary fermenter, i plan on dry hopping in the primary over the weekend. The recipe calls for 1/2 oz of cascades for the dry hopping. I like my beers a bit more hoppy than a normal person and was planning on using the 1.5 oz of cascade plugs i have left over from the package to accomplish the dry hopping for this recipe. Does anyone have any warnings to dish out before i do this? I am assuming that since the volume of the batch is a little over 5 gallons, the extra ounce of cascades isn't going to overpower the batch, just add some additional pleasant aroma.

Warnings, suggestions, screams welcome.

I guess ill also throw in that i have the same amount of goldings hops left over from the batch and was wondering if those would accomplish anything if i dry hopped a second time with those.

Go for it!

brewt00l said:

Go for it!

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I dry hop in the primary all the time once fermentation is complete (though I usually secondary the beer afterwards). I think 1-2oz is a good amount for dry hopping. My IPA that is about ready to bottle had 2oz of Cascades for 10 days in the primary.

Craig

Throw it all in if you want. No need to wait for a second dry hopping.