I am excited about my new hop technique. It saves me money, time, and beer. I leave my 5 minute whole hop additions in the wort, loose, and add them to the primary. To me, this has the same effectiveness in aroma as dry hopping but I don't have to spend extra money on more hops. It saves me beer because the hops are already saturated from the initial addition and won't act as sponges and steal my beer like dry hopping would. I made my RyePA this way and have found it has just as pleasant an aroma as when I dry hop. It gave me that huge hop aroma that I love in this beer. I have noticed a more pleasing aromatic character in the beer when I leave whole leaf hops in the beer as opposed to pouring in the sludge from a pellet addition. Not sure why. Anyone else do this?