jdoiv
Well-Known Member
So my old mill died and I decided to buy the Monster Mill MM-3. I ordered it several weeks ago and it came in within a couple of days of the order. I built a mill table and hopper that you can see here.
Well, I finally got around to brewing with it a couple of days ago and I gotta say it rocks.
After I built the table, things got a little out of whack and I had to reset the gap. Fred was real nice in emailing me back with a couple of issues I had (totally user related and in no part from the mill). I went and got some feeler gauges and set the gap to .41 of an inch.
I decided to brew a Belgian Wit and the recipe called for 2-row Plisen, Flaked Wheat and Flaked Barley. I poured everything into the hopper, hooked up the drill and started crushing. The crush was gorgeous. The mill popped the kernel and separated the endosperm from the husk with minimal husk damage. I have never had much luck with milling the flaked grains, but the Monster Mill rocked through them. Only issues I had with the crush were related to my hopper and not the mill as the flaked grains had to be coaxed into falling into the mill. All in all it took me less than 10 minutes to crush up 18 pounds of grain. Most of that time was in my messing with the hopper. The mill never stuck and ate up everything I fed it very quickly.
System efficiency after the brew was 91%. I had the recipe set to 85% which was my previous norm. All in all, I would highly recommend the MM-3 if you are willing to build up a milling station.
Well, I finally got around to brewing with it a couple of days ago and I gotta say it rocks.
After I built the table, things got a little out of whack and I had to reset the gap. Fred was real nice in emailing me back with a couple of issues I had (totally user related and in no part from the mill). I went and got some feeler gauges and set the gap to .41 of an inch.
I decided to brew a Belgian Wit and the recipe called for 2-row Plisen, Flaked Wheat and Flaked Barley. I poured everything into the hopper, hooked up the drill and started crushing. The crush was gorgeous. The mill popped the kernel and separated the endosperm from the husk with minimal husk damage. I have never had much luck with milling the flaked grains, but the Monster Mill rocked through them. Only issues I had with the crush were related to my hopper and not the mill as the flaked grains had to be coaxed into falling into the mill. All in all it took me less than 10 minutes to crush up 18 pounds of grain. Most of that time was in my messing with the hopper. The mill never stuck and ate up everything I fed it very quickly.
System efficiency after the brew was 91%. I had the recipe set to 85% which was my previous norm. All in all, I would highly recommend the MM-3 if you are willing to build up a milling station.