For the first time since having my Roborew 3.1, I've got a stuck sparge. It was meant to be a 1.063 OG all grain red rye IPA kit. Usually a sparge only takes 15 minutes to sparge but it's been 4 hours so far and there are only slow drips of wort coming out. It has only managed to get maybe 1/4 of the sparge water through so far after all this time.
I've stirred it a lot and that hasn't helped at all. Is there anything else I can do to help it?
Even sticking my arm right down and scraping the bottom doesn't make it drain faster. I don't feel any real stickiness either to suggest that it's formed a "glue" to block it.
I know I need oat/rice hulls next time as this was milled quite fine but I've mashed similar grain before and it sparged reasonably fast.
I've stirred it a lot and that hasn't helped at all. Is there anything else I can do to help it?
Even sticking my arm right down and scraping the bottom doesn't make it drain faster. I don't feel any real stickiness either to suggest that it's formed a "glue" to block it.
I know I need oat/rice hulls next time as this was milled quite fine but I've mashed similar grain before and it sparged reasonably fast.
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