Buy/crush grain for brew next day?

kevin0 · Jul 14, 2012

Is there anything wrong with buying and crushing your grain to prepare for a brew the next day?

I guess I'm concerned about efficiency being affected or some other chemical change taking place while the crushed grain sits for 18 hours or so.

ron,ar · Jul 14, 2012

some of mine sits for a month or more, but I keep it in an air tight container too.

Denny · Jul 14, 2012

Absolutely no problem. The day before is the latest I ever crush. Often it's several days or a week.

kevin0 · Jul 14, 2012

Cool thanks! This will take 45 minutes off my brew day

duckmanco · Jul 14, 2012

Same here, have my LHBS crush mine as I don't have a mill, and have ordered kits from NB precrushed and have brewed 2 weeks or so later. No issues that I can tell.

kh54s10 · Jul 14, 2012

Denny said:
Absolutely no problem. The day before is the latest I ever crush. Often it's several days or a week.

I keep planning on crushing my grain the day before brew day. I get ready to start and realize that I still have to crush the grain...

idigg · Jul 14, 2012

Crush while your strike water is heating

Or I measure hops and crush night before. Cheers

dlaramie08 · Jul 14, 2012

I used to hate crushing my grain with my hand crank barley crusher. I got tired of it so I motorized it and now a 10lb grist bill takes a couple of minutes and it's fun to watch.

TimpanogosSlim · Jul 14, 2012

you can store crushed grain in the freezer, too, if it's going to be more than a couple days

Wreck99 · Jul 15, 2012

I've had my LHBS crush grains and it sat for a couple of weeks before I used it...no problems here!

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