Kaiser

Recipes 

I had been thinking about this article for a while. Last brewday (actually brewnight ) I took the time to crush small samples of malt at various settings of my malt mill. With and without conditioning and I also used the food processor for one sample. The result is a wiki page that is intended to guide the brewer in the evaluation of the crush for the malt that they are using:

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Evaluating_the_Crush

In the past I have seen a lot of good and poor crushes from HBSs which means that you cannot trust the ones who should know about this. Especially when they have an adjustable mill wich everybody can mess up or a mill unsuitable for milling malt.

Feedback is always welcome.

I'll be working on the article for malt conditioniong next as this is an advanced technique that some brewers showed interest in.

Kai

__________________
BrauKaiser.com - recipes - Blog - German Beer Reviews - Water and mash chemistry spreadsheet

eriktlupus

Recipes 

nice job kaiser!

__________________
primary1 :UTOPIA BABY(still searching for it)
secondary:middling bastard ipa
kegged:simcoe blonde, crystal pale ale, yellow jacket golden ale, lemon shandy blonde
DRINKIN DAWG BREWERY
LET'S GO RED WINGS


join michigan mashers here

extraction calculator
grains in pounds(G) X 36(average points per gallon of grains) / batch size in gallons(g) = maximum efficiency(ME)
OG / ME = brewhouse efficiency

bradsul

Recipes 

I added an example for corona-style mills since I took a picture for another thread earlier today.

__________________
Brad
Canadian Brewers Unite!

Projects: Sylvania Kegerator Conversion, Tower Cooling, Grain Milling Station

Seabee John

Recipes 

great photos! exactly what I've been looking for! good job

__________________
North Saint Paul Brewshack
Kegged/Drinking:Nihilistic Integrity - Black IPA, #1 BIAB pale ale, Bells Two Hearted - yes a keg of the real stuff
Kegged/Conditioning:Wally N Seans Braggot, Emerald Eyes - Irish Red, Atomic Tsunami - brown
Primary:empty

stale

Recipes 

Great job Kaiser, This should be seen by all noob's. I remember when I first got my mill and had no clue really what to look for. Prior to getting my mill I just relied on my LHBS, hoping that they knew best.

ohiobrewtus

Recipes 

Thank you for your continued quality additions to the Wiki, Kaiser.

__________________

Funkenjaeger

Recipes 

Excellent article, thanks! I'm anxious to see your malt conditioning article when you finish it.

cubbies

Recipes 

Fantastic article and very well done...thank you.