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Minimizing Hop Sludge

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Q

Aside from muslin bags, how can one avoid so much hop sludge when brewing a hugely hopped beer?

A
Copious volumes of hop sludge are a real problem for brewers who are in pursuit of hugely hopped beers because this sludge represents wort loss and batch size contraction. The net result