sniperd
Well-Known Member
I brew with 2 friends and we often brew up 30 to 50 gallons at a time and use around 100 lbs of grain. I'd say we brew about once a month. The LHBS has been giving me the evil eye recently due to how much work we put his grain mill through and honestly I'd like to own a mill.
I've done a lot of reading here on the forums and it looks like most people are happy with Monster Mill, Crankenstein, and Maltmill. I want one that is going to last and last for years. I don't know if being able to adjust it is that important, it looks like most people just dial it in and leave it, never to really change it. I'd like something that shows up and isn't going to be giving me a problem in 2 years that I don't need to continually maintain. Most people only have experience with 1 mill so I realize it will be tough to give me advice but I'm hoping somebody can help.
With 3 of us paying for this, I'm not too concerned about price. My LHBS has a Schmidling MaltMill and it works great, it's also the one that is gear driven (which he feels is very important). It's adjustable on one end only (not sure why I would adjust only one end) so it would probably just stay at the factory setting.
Another mill I've considered is MM3-2.0. It also looks great. I'm not thrilled about having to put it together and I'm a little nervous if it goes out of adjustment there are 3 rollers to deal with. It's also not gear driven.
Lastly there is an Australian one that is adjustable and gear driven. http://www.mashmaster.com/p/4571858/mashmaster-minimill-stainless-steel-grain-mill.html And it's $100 just for shipping and I see nobody on here that has used it so I'm not too interested in taking that risk.
Can any of my fellow brewers push me one way or the other?
I've done a lot of reading here on the forums and it looks like most people are happy with Monster Mill, Crankenstein, and Maltmill. I want one that is going to last and last for years. I don't know if being able to adjust it is that important, it looks like most people just dial it in and leave it, never to really change it. I'd like something that shows up and isn't going to be giving me a problem in 2 years that I don't need to continually maintain. Most people only have experience with 1 mill so I realize it will be tough to give me advice but I'm hoping somebody can help.
With 3 of us paying for this, I'm not too concerned about price. My LHBS has a Schmidling MaltMill and it works great, it's also the one that is gear driven (which he feels is very important). It's adjustable on one end only (not sure why I would adjust only one end) so it would probably just stay at the factory setting.
Another mill I've considered is MM3-2.0. It also looks great. I'm not thrilled about having to put it together and I'm a little nervous if it goes out of adjustment there are 3 rollers to deal with. It's also not gear driven.
Lastly there is an Australian one that is adjustable and gear driven. http://www.mashmaster.com/p/4571858/mashmaster-minimill-stainless-steel-grain-mill.html And it's $100 just for shipping and I see nobody on here that has used it so I'm not too interested in taking that risk.
Can any of my fellow brewers push me one way or the other?