Can you guys tell me how this crush looks? I'm not seeing any whole grains but a lot of husks, which i assume is good... What do you guys think of this gap setting?
First time milling grains myself (Critique please)
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BIAB guys seem to like a finer, floury crush, but that looks perfect to me. No whole grains. Lots of intact husks. You'll have a great filter bed if you're using a false bottom or braid!
BeboThoughts
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Second that. Looks good. Smooth sparging ahead!
Conan
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Looks good to my untrained eye. Are you BIAB? Fly or batch sparge? For my batch sparge setup I crush a little finer- my chunks are about 2/3 the size of yours, but I do get near-stuck sparges. What's your mill? Kyle
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It's a MaltMill.
I batch sparge so we'll see what kind of efficiency I get. I have the gap set to about .040in. I've heard people go for .020-.035 but that seemed a little tight to me, especially considering I tend to mash a lot of wheat.
Conan
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A recent 3 gallon batch was 3.5 lbs 2-row, 3.5 white wheat and 1.3 flaked wheat. On a fine crush (.030-.035?) I didn't get stuck with a batch sparge and ended up at about 83% efficiency. What's the saying, go until you're scared?
Anyway, your current crush looks just fine. Kyle
Anyway, your current crush looks just fine. Kyle
Looks good, but check out the wiki on malt conditioning: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Malt_Conditioning
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Ended up getting about 77% efficiency. Thanks for the replies everyone.
