I just kegged my first beer on Sunday and definitely filled it too full. Beer was coming out the gas in post. I had a picnic tap on the out and it would spray out of there every time I turned on the gas. I ended up with quite a bit of foamy beer sprayed out into several glasses before it...
I've done this and so have countless others. After cursing repeatedly I found the plastic bag trick. After you rack out of the carboy, push one end of a plastic bag into the neck and get the plug intertwined in it. You should be able to pull the bag out with the plug. Not sure if the bag needs...
+1 to this. I use the 5 gallon paint strainer bags to filter out hop material and other stuff when I rack or transfer. Inexpensive and very easy to clean.
I'm going to have to try adding grain to water next time I mash. I had been using John Palmer's advice of adding water to grain also, but I never hit my temp off the bat. I wondered what the harm would be in adding grain to water. If it's really nothing, then I'd rather do it that way, since you...