Hey guys!! I'm thinking about doing my 1st BIAB this weekend. I've been doing partial mashes for awhile now. Does anyone have a way to crush 12 lbs of grain easily? Of course, I do not have a grain mill and my local liquor store sells the grain but does not crush the grain for you. Any ideas?
Crushing Grain w/o a mill
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Best method I am aware of for emergency grain milling is a blender...feed a cup or two at a time and pulse the blender till all grains are chopped up w/ very little or no whole grains left...shouldn't take too long and will get ya brewin
I didn't know you can crush grain that fine.
I used a blender for my first couple of BIAB batches. It works, just take it slow. A cup or 2 at a time. Benders cut the grain rather than crushes it. I wouldnt go back to blending except for an emergency.
Later, I picked up a corona mill online for $19 online then attached a drill . . . . life so much easier.
My conversion Eff. is better with the mill. However, since then I also learned to stir every 15 mins. Stirring the mash really helped my Eff.
Later, I picked up a corona mill online for $19 online then attached a drill . . . . life so much easier.
My conversion Eff. is better with the mill. However, since then I also learned to stir every 15 mins. Stirring the mash really helped my Eff.
Guess you never heard the phrase..."crush till your scared"
Not that fine...I would guess a fair amount of flour and many pieces...since you are doing BIAB, put a decent hurtin on it as no chance of a stuck sparge.
Stauffbier
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It's a heck of a workout, but I've used a rolling pin before. It actually does a very nice job, but you're gonna sweat! I didn't mind the workout, but I likely won't do that again! I have a LHBS that will crush it for me, but I intend on getting a corona mill soon..
nattron
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Paper shredder. Run it through twice.
Stauffbier
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A rolling pin for 12 pounds of grain...thats free fitness club I would imagine
Actually I only did 7lbs for a 2 gallon batch. I could have done another 5lbs, but I'm glad I didn't need to! I had to try it at least once, but just once! I'm looking forward to getting that Corona!
Stauffbier
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That is one heck of an interesting idea!
I have used the blender when I first started. Not ideal, but it works. My father has doe the rolling pin thing, ad after about 8 hours was ready to start. I haven't tried it but I have also heard on here half filling zip lock bags and running over them with the car. (Slowly)
Dont do what??? Brew with grains cut up in a blender? I would "do it"
Starsky and Hutch reference folks FTW
You can get a bad crush from a blender, barley crusher whaterver kind of mill you use...the important thing to look for is NO whole pieces of grain!
PitchnGrin
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Coffee grinder did the trick for my BIAB batches. 80+% eff. But I've started the hunt for a mill. Coffee beans have a nice oilyness that is missing with barley. I feel like my grinder is going to lockup on me one of these days..
Chamuco
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Sandwich a layer of grain between two sheets of plywood and drive over it a couple times with the family truckster.
Ok, I've never done this.....just brainstorming. If you are in a pinch, without a mill, efficiency may fly out the window.... you'll find a way.
I have used a rolling pin for small amounts and there is power in numbers. You could round up some friends and organize a roll down.
Ok, I've never done this.....just brainstorming. If you are in a pinch, without a mill, efficiency may fly out the window.... you'll find a way.
I have used a rolling pin for small amounts and there is power in numbers. You could round up some friends and organize a roll down.
rancidcrabtree
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I'm laughing really hard right now (on the inside) imagining someone trying to feed 12 lbs of grain into a paper shredder!
goosegrease
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Looks like I found a Pat McManus fan!
Stauffbier
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Well I'll be dang! Did you ever end up brewing the grain you crushed with it?
Nope. It was a quiet Sunday morning (very early) in my house and I got to tinkering. I've got a sweet mill, but if it ever breaks this shredder would be my first choice.
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