...and not sure how I could rinse the grains if they are suspended in a bag? Do you do that? Just pour water over the outside of the bag? Can't picture if it would work?
Sparging a bag of grain suspended over a pot seems to work surprisingly well for me. I didn't think it would work either, but a few batches ago I was short on runnings so I tried it...with a 2 qt pitcher, I slowly pour water over and through the side of the grain bag above the grain, it actually pours fairly well through the top to the fabric and rinses the grain. Didn't think it would work nearly as well as it does, I imagined the sparge water would just run off the outside of the bag...nope it goes through the grain
I have found that the bag / grain is quite sticky before the ghetto sparge, and much less sticky afterwards FWIW. The sticky sugar must be in the kettle I guess!