Friggin love the DCRIPA. Friggin hate stuck sparges. I can't run off with the pump. It sticks in about 5 minutes even at barely open on the valve. So I'm basically gravity feeding the wort off into 5 gallon pots and dumping it into the kettle. Then I have to pump more hot water in and do it again. Kind of a super multi batch sparge. Sofa king annoying.
It's 3pm. I have 2 hours on this damn sparge. I'm supposed to be at a birthday party at 8pm. I have 3.5 hours to finish and the kettle is only about 15% full.
I'm screwed.
I'm thinking about getting the kettle full and getting it up to 170 - 180 and holding it there for an hour to pasteurize the wort. Then finishing up with the boil first thing in the morning.
I probably needed twice as much rice hulls (4lb) which is a metric butt load of rice hulls.