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Run your kettle drainings through a hop bag. Problem solved. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Also, if you feel like you are getting edge channeling during your sparge, go ahead and stir up the top layer of the grain during the sparge itself. You won't get grain runoff in your boil kettle, because of the layers of grain beneath it. Stirring up the top layer will give you an even seal...

Are you using a cylindrical cooler for your mashtun? And did you take these pictures after the tun had a chance to cool down several dozen degrees? If so, it's possible that the plastic on the inside of the cooler walls expanded during the mash, causing it to buckle around one place in the edge...

Do you use a MegaPot, or some other pot that's significantly wider than your immersion chiller? If so, then try stirring the wort with the chiller itself during cooling. I just upgraded to one of these pots a few months ago, and I've found that my post-boil cooling times have dropped drastically...

Looking for hints on a recipe for Indeed Haywire Double Black Ale/IPA. I tried it this weekend at a Minneapolis bar, and absolutely loved it. I don't know exactly what makes a black ale vs. a regular IPA, but overall it reminded me a lot of Surly Furious. I think it's pretty limited to...

Roariing Lion was created by people who actually worked at Red Bull, and split off to form their own company that catered specifically to the Bag-In-Box market. They've had moderate success so far, but they're still relatively unknown. Coming from someone who's drank at least one Red Bull a day...