grain crackers - Page 2

rdwj · 11-25-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wanabeer

Actually, that one is probably overkill for now. I am just today moving up from extract brews with specialty grains to a partial mash. I have a booklet that says pale malts are not well crushed by rolling pins and that is what my grain bill primarily is made up of. I was thinking of putting them in a plastic bag and smacking them with a hammer. That should work, right?

So, you're going to put a hammer and a rolling pin on your Christmas list? A Corona mill is the absolute minimum. If you don't want to do that, you're better off just buying your grain pre-crushed.

Funkenjaeger · 11-26-2007, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by rohanski

The Barley Crusher is not gear driven as far as I can tell. Is it better to have the other roller turn with gears? I have also noticed the ones that are gear driven only adjust at one end. Is this a good trade off?

I can see no reason why having it gear driven would help anything. Both rollers turn just fine when there's grain going through the mill, which is what counts. And if you have to sacrifice adjustability with a gear drive, that's a real negative point - there would have to be some big advantage to make it worth the loss of adjustability, yet I have never seen anyone mention any such advantage.