archthered
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Long story short- I need to crush 3 lbs. of grain but I don't have a mill. I was thinking of smacking it around with my meat tenderizer until it looks good, or using the small coffee grinder I have if the tenderizer doesn't work, but I'd like your suggestions.
This is only about 1/3 of the grain bill so the lower efficiency if it isn't quite a perfect crush won't ruin the beer, also I'm already going to need to use rice hulls so mangling some of the husks won't be the end of the world since I can just add more rice hulls.
Short story long- I got a gift card for Northern Brewer for Christmas, because that's the best way to get usable brew stuff from my family, and I used it to order some grain rather than go to my LHBS. Somehow I ordered all but 3 pounds crushed, I checked the original order and it seems I screwed up not them. I don't have any friends that homebrew so I can't mooch a mill and it seems incredibly tacky and potentially insulting to take the grain I got from Northern Brewer to the LHBS. Keep in mind the only LBHS around is run out of the owners basement and while he has some regular hours he CAN be available you basically need to schedule time to go through the store or pick up orders (he has a good website so it's actually pretty easy to arrange things but it's not like you can just walk in during business hours). As I said it seems like a real d!(k move to make him take the time out of his day for a non-sale! On top of that I haven't placed an order with him in quite a while (insert long uninteresting story about why I haven't brewed in months), and I don't know when I will be placing another order since I got a couple batches worth of stuff from Northern Brewer. Since I'm not really a good customer or friend of the LHBS guy I really don't want to bug him with this since I feel like that will only ensure I never become a customer he looks forward to. Any suggestions are welcome.
P.S. Check your order 3 times!
This is only about 1/3 of the grain bill so the lower efficiency if it isn't quite a perfect crush won't ruin the beer, also I'm already going to need to use rice hulls so mangling some of the husks won't be the end of the world since I can just add more rice hulls.
Short story long- I got a gift card for Northern Brewer for Christmas, because that's the best way to get usable brew stuff from my family, and I used it to order some grain rather than go to my LHBS. Somehow I ordered all but 3 pounds crushed, I checked the original order and it seems I screwed up not them. I don't have any friends that homebrew so I can't mooch a mill and it seems incredibly tacky and potentially insulting to take the grain I got from Northern Brewer to the LHBS. Keep in mind the only LBHS around is run out of the owners basement and while he has some regular hours he CAN be available you basically need to schedule time to go through the store or pick up orders (he has a good website so it's actually pretty easy to arrange things but it's not like you can just walk in during business hours). As I said it seems like a real d!(k move to make him take the time out of his day for a non-sale! On top of that I haven't placed an order with him in quite a while (insert long uninteresting story about why I haven't brewed in months), and I don't know when I will be placing another order since I got a couple batches worth of stuff from Northern Brewer. Since I'm not really a good customer or friend of the LHBS guy I really don't want to bug him with this since I feel like that will only ensure I never become a customer he looks forward to. Any suggestions are welcome.
P.S. Check your order 3 times!