I've been slowly gathering up my equipment to set up my brewery this summer, and was reading a few threads that I saw pop up on grain mills recently. There are a couple that I read about that I tried doing searches for, and it said that there were too many results to display. My searching feng shui is failing me, so I thought that I would just ask for peoples opinions. The ones that came up were Crankandstein and Monster brewing hardware. They both had nice 3 rollers, in the $300 range, which looked like would last me the rest of my and probably my kids life. One used bearings, one used bronze bushings. I'm sure that there are pros and cons to each design. It will be powered, I plan on using a 3/4-1hp motor to run it.
I don't mind spending a bit on good hardware, if it will last me for many trouble free years, and I would expect when you are paying a premium, things like ease of used or adjustability/accuracy are givens. One other thing I was wondering is if any could also be used to crack corn? I might make bird food, or something, down the road so that would be a bonus if I could find one that would do both grains and larger things like corn, if that is even possible.
So, what are you guys using, and what do you think of them after using them for a while? I'd be happy to do research of suggestions, it just seems to be such a big subject I don't know where to start, at least from the search results I got, so feel free to join in. Thanks!
I don't mind spending a bit on good hardware, if it will last me for many trouble free years, and I would expect when you are paying a premium, things like ease of used or adjustability/accuracy are givens. One other thing I was wondering is if any could also be used to crack corn? I might make bird food, or something, down the road so that would be a bonus if I could find one that would do both grains and larger things like corn, if that is even possible.
So, what are you guys using, and what do you think of them after using them for a while? I'd be happy to do research of suggestions, it just seems to be such a big subject I don't know where to start, at least from the search results I got, so feel free to join in. Thanks!