Milling Rye
 

Hi All,
I just received my first mill and I am making a Rye PA. Any consideration in milling the rye? Should I adjust the mill for the rye or just run it through with the barley?

Thanks for your help.

When I did one I just ran it with the rest of the grains and the beer came out OK. I am sure others will chime in but I had no issue

I normally just run it through with all of my other grains.

Should just depend on the grain size - the mill is probably factory set for a conservative barley crush so as not to make the grist too fine. If the rye is about the same size I agree with everyone else - just run it through without adjustment.

I run it through my Barley Crusher at factory setting, same as for barley malt.

Just ran 5 lbs of rye malt through my LHBS mill. Asked if I should mill it, the guy said "how else are you going to get all the good stuff inside into your beer?"

I personally double mill my wheat and rye. Just run the grain bill through the mill without the wheat/rye, then put the rye through 2-3 times till I am satisfied with the crush (since there are no husks to worry about, I try to get it a fine as possible), and this way I don't have to keep readjusting the mill.

Rye is typically smaller than barley, so if it's just there for flavor, you will get some with a normal crush but if you want to get your $ worth out of it I'd double / triple mill rye or tighten your gap whichever seems to get you a good crush. I unknowingly ran rye through LHBS mill once with the rest of the grain mill and it was almost untouched. Now that I have a BC that's no longer a problem.