I agree, if you don't have a ball lock valve on the output side, get one and control the flow rate of your sparge. the pump is designed to handle the pressure built up behind the valve so no worries of burning it up.
I use to use a filter and used joeinbend's method of pushing the beer with CO2 and it does work pretty well but then a fellow HB shared with me the best method is getting that good hot break and cold crash with a good dose of irish moss and then just being patient for the first fermentation to...
I regularly dry hop in the keg with a minimum of 6 oz of hops with high AA like this last batch I did 3 oz of mosaic and 3 oz of Galaxy and it never produces an off flavor, even down to the tap out stage. However if don't allow it to condition for a week at 65-68 degrees it doesn't allow the...