Grain mill. who has the best bang for the buck.

I got a good deal and bought a couple bags of two row. Of course I can't use them because I don't have a mill. Like a lot of people money is tight. But I don't want the cheapest I want the one that is the best over all value. I don't live that far from grizzly and could buy a corona for $25 bucks from them.

1. A mill is going to last for years.
2.A mill that has a good warranty.
3.A mill that is going to do a good job.

I love my corona I did like many on the " ugly corona station" and it works awesome and its cheap

I paid $150 for my CrankAndStein 3-roller mill about 6 years ago and it is still going strong. I highly recommend it.

avidhomebrewer said:

I paid $150 for my CrankAndStein 3-roller mill about 6 years ago and it is still going strong. I highly recommend it.

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That's awesome but I spent like 40 for my corona "setup" and it will last a life time and that's 110 to buy other stuff

I love my Barley Crusher and it's lifetime warranty. It's ready to mill grain out of the box.

JoeyChopps said:

That's awesome but I spent like 40 for my corona "setup" and it will last a life time and that's 110 to buy other stuff

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Well, I started with a Corona and it only lasted 3 batches (milling 10# each) before it died a slow and miserable death. I wouldn't buy one again, but that is my opinion.

I got my Barley Crusher on sale for 80 bucks. Well worth it.

One more for the barley crusher. I put it on my Christmas list a few years ago and Mom bought it! I'm loved.

Very happy with my corona. Paid for itself very quickly.

avidhomebrewer said:

Well, I started with a Corona and it only lasted 3 batches (milling 10# each) before it died a slow and miserable death. I wouldn't buy one again, but that is my opinion.

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Maybe you should have bought the $25 one instead of the $20 one.

I just received my cereal killer roller mill from adventures in home brewing, got it on sale for a grand total of $85.44 shipped. Normal price is $99 with free shipping. It came out of the box ready to work. It's basically a barley crusher knock off but built with hardened rollers rather than cold rolled, so should last longer. The crank handle is a joke, way to short to really use but I have no intentions of hand cranking it anyway. It does not have a lifetime warranty like a barley crusher, only 6 months. with shipping the barley crusher will come in About $45 higher, but you do get that life time warranty........

Given the title of the article, I wouldn't hesitate to buy my "Victoria" branded Corona mill again. It cost $23 shipped from Discount Tommy on eBay, and I've used it for all my grist for over 2.5 years, and hit all my numbers with no complaints.*


*This is NOT a finely crafted precision machine. It is a crude hunk of cast iron, made for people who don't have much money to grind corn meal every day. It's just fortuitous that it also happens to be very good at producing the type of grind we need for our malt.

My Corona delivers a great grind and I'm perfectly satisfied with it.

good thread.. i actually already had a barley crusher or a monster mill on my christmas list for this year.. keeping my fingers crossed

Santa is bringing me one of these:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f41/all-new-rebel-mill-grain-crusher-now-available-rebel-brewer-284565/

Definately check it out, Rebel has put together a fine mill!

If the cereal crusher had the same warranty as the Barley crusher then it would be a no brainier. Personalty I am leaning towards the Barley crusher because of the warranty and that it comes ready to use. The Crankandstein mill looks nice but you need to order parts separately. Their basic one with hopper and base comes delivered with in a dollar of the barley crusher though.

warex said:

...Of course I can't use them because I don't have a mill.

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Can't you just get it crushed at your LHBS? I'm usually out there anyway to buy specialty grains & hops and they've always been happy to crush for me.

I didn't buy it from him. I bought it from someone else for half what he charges. It wouldn't be right to ask him. Besides I am going to keep buying it this way so I need a mill.

LOVE my barley crusher! It was one of the best purchases in homebrewing I have made.

Although I got great service with my Porkert ( corona knockoff ) I love my new Barley Crusher

my schmidling from around 1990 is still crushing it...

Cereal killer is the killer deal.

I have a Barley crusher but I should have got a better mill. I brew too much. The MM3 is better for me.

warex said:

I got a good deal and bought a couple bags of two row.

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just curious.. if money is tight how could you afford a couple bags of 2 row? aren't they like 50 bucks apiece?

No a lot less than that.

But that is really beside the point. I am trying to find out what people think is the best over all value not a $25 or a $300 one either. Something that is going to get the job done right last and is still affordable.
The barley crusher and the crankandstien 2 series seem to be the best dollar value.

EdWort said:

I love my Barley Crusher and it's lifetime warranty. It's ready to mill grain out of the box.

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I really like my Barley Crusher. It has a nice sized hopper and is easy to connect to a power drill. The hand crank is designed to work with a power drill or the hand crank.

Very nice unit.