Please look at my crack

Mr Fedex just delivered my pre-cracked grain. There seems to be a lot of uncracked grain. This is my first AG so I'm not sure what properly cracked grain should look like. I pulled out 30 grains that looked uncracked and 14 I could break between my fingernails but 16 I couldn't break.

Does the amount of "whole looking" grains look normal to you people? Maybe I should put it in some bags and beat it with a blunt object?

That's a good crush.

Sorry, I thought it was a special request for Cheese to perform...

Looks pretty good to me as well.

it looks more uniform than what I can get with my rolling pin...I think its ok.

Sorry, I refuse to comply with another man's plea to look at his crack!

Lil' Sparky said:

Sorry, I refuse to comply with another man's plea to look at his crack!

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What an awesome smiley.

Ó Flannagáin said:

What an awesome smiley.

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Where did you find a smiley called gayanim? Don't tell me a "friend" gave it to you

Maybe, but I shared it with you. Are you my "friend"?

That crush looks like most homebrew shops would call "normal". To me it looks like the crush used by folks that complain about crappy efficiency. You won't get a stuck sparge with this crush (which is why most LHBS's undercrush) but you won't get near as good extraction as one that is quite a bit finer. For a first AG, this will probably be okay as you are still working on learning the process. As you do more batches, you will learn to tweak your processes. As part of this learning, you will learn how to run finer crushes without getting stuck sparges. I crush mine to get a lot of flour yet I don't get the sparge to stick and I get around 85% efficiency batch sparging.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company