mikescooling
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Someone said it could spread airborne stuff around. Do you mill outside or inside?
Do you mill outside or inside?
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The premise here is that you should not mill where you ferment as fine dust from the milling process, laden with yeast and bacteria, will inevitably coat the brewhouse possibly contaminating fermenters.
I mill in my garage, and I ferment in my garage (although this is done inside a freezer). However, I do keep my empty fermenters away while milling and I do sanitize them immediately prior to filling.
Have not had an issue yet.
I mill in my garage, and I ferment in my garage (although this is done inside a freezer). However, I do keep my empty fermenters away while milling and I do sanitize them immediately prior to filling.
Have not had an issue yet.
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In the garage. Brew in driveway.
I mill outside, brew in the garage.
I try to avoid breathing the grain dust.
This is from the CDC:
I don't think the risk to a homebrewer is that great, but why take a chance - especially if you're prone to asthma or allergies.
I try to avoid breathing the grain dust.
This is from the CDC:
I don't think the risk to a homebrewer is that great, but why take a chance - especially if you're prone to asthma or allergies.
I don't see why this is a problem? My Barley Crusher grain mill's base covers the top of the Lowe's bucket to where no dust gets out. And I hand crank it, so no 500 RPM drills poofing it all over if it could escape. So I mill in the man cave with no problems at all.
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Mill out on the back porch - brew in the kitchen
Sheldon
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I mill outside and see dust during the transfer from my recipe bucket to the mill.
Like Uniondr, I also have a Barley Crusher. I mill inside, but then I take the bucket with grain mill on top outside to do all the un-dusting. Works fine, and I'm very very careful carrying it.... though somehow in the back of my mind I know *sooomeday*.... no matter how far in the future there will probably be a day I mess up and lose grip and will dump grain all over the floor, or the stairs, or outside LOL. Guess the same could easily be said though if I milled outside and carried it back in, since I mash inside. Just 50% less chance of an accident only going one way rather than two 
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I put the lid on the bucket & seal it up. I just don't get much dust hand cranking.
You hand crank all your grains? You must be getting buff lol
Seriously though, barley is easy, but man when we had Hurricance Sandy knock out power over a week and I milled wheat with a tighter gap by hand I swear I'll never do it again. Wheat is sooooooooo daaaamn hard!!!!!!!Rev.
Outside. Even so some dust finds it way into the garage.
Well, I'll give you a quote from my BIL (RIP man)-" I can always tell an auto worker. They all have arms like Popeye"! Is answer question? lol And that wheat is like trying to crush driveway gravel by hand!You hand crank all your grains? You must be getting buff lol
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In my garage w/ a small shop vac next to the exit from the mill. It captures most of the dust v
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I have a small store room at one end of my garage where I mill, away from the brewing, bottling and transfers. The only time I see grain dust is when I am pouring from my measuring bucket into my hopper. I think I'll put on a mask now, though.
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