Got my new grain mill

A few days ago I got my Barley Crusher from the Brown Truck guy. I used it for the first time yesterday. It worked like a champ right out of the box. I put a heavy duty 1/2 drive drill on it and went to town. I normally get 64% efficiency when the LHBS dude crushes my malt. Yesterday I got 81% on the factory direct setting. This may be the best investment I've made since I built my MLT.

Bob869007 said:

A few days ago I got my Barley Crusher from the Brown Truck guy. I used it for the first time yesterday. It worked like a champ right out of the box. I put a heavy duty 1/2 drive drill on it and went to town. I normally get 64% efficiency when the LHBS dude crushes my malt. Yesterday I got 81% on the factory direct setting. This may be the best investment I've made since I built my MLT.

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Nice to hear. Congrats!

I'm hoping that I'll get a similar bump when/if I get mine. I've been laying it on pretty thick for a Christmas gift so.... fingers crossed.

I got the same results. Isn't it amazing what a decent crush can do! Anybody wondering if they should crush their own, what are you waiting for?

BullF-16 said:

I got the same results. Isn't it amazing what a decent crush can do! Anybody wondering if they should crush their own, what are you waiting for?

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I can save by cutting two pounds off my grain bill. With BeerSmiths calculations it saves me two pounds of grain off of my Pale Ale and IPA recipes.

Yep, the Barley Crusher rocks. Got one last year for Christmas!

I'm hopefully getting one for Christmas. Can't wait to be able to crush my own grains.

I love mine and best of all it is made just 2 towns over from me. I drove there and picked it up from Randy.

I just used mine for the first time on Friday. It was awesome- so I decided not to make my life too easy, and hand cranked it. It was a small grain bill, so it was fine. For a larger grain bill, though, I'll drag out my drill.

My efficiency (normally 68-70% with AHS grains) was 89%. I was expecting it to be higher than normal anyway, so I just made 5.5 gallons. I'll be looking at reducing my grain bills slightly now. I have to say, though, that I used the factory setting, and that grain was really crushed. Big difference between what I had and the grain I've received from the LHBS or AHS.

Mine should be on my doorstep tomorrow after I get home from work. Weather permitting icey tonight. Looking forward to the brew day on Wed. Should I plan a recipe for a high eff or should I plan on the same 62% as always and adjust after on the next batch until I get everything dialed in. If i plan for a Pale Ale and see the numbers after the mash are more in line for a IPA I can always adjust the hops in the boil. I think I answered my own question.

Thanks

where did yall buy em??

did ya go fir 15#, or 7lb version?

looks like a nice toy. santa says i was good, and i can order it! (shhh, she is asleep right now).

dad-gum-it... i am buying a new stand alone burner, and real size brewpot... i dont think i was good enough this year to get all of that, plus a barley crusher

damn "credit crisis" has everyone skeered, even me. guess it waits...

Mine is being delivered to my office tomorrow. I got the #7. I am so excited. Thank you to those people that got their computers infected with spyware so I could charge them to fix them. Now I get to go to my LHBS and get a fifty sack....of grains that is

Hell yeah. I have a Crankandstein 3D on the way that I'm eagerly awaiting.

Mine did arrive this PM and i ran some grain thru it and..................... What a difference over the online retailers. Happy as a pig in shi!. I got mine from Northern Brewer.

Santa should be delivering a barley crusher for me this year. It will be a good Christmas for me, can't say the same for the barley for it will be... crushed.