dwhite60
Well-Known Member
Don't think I'll go back to dry crushing.
Spritzed 5 lbs of barley malt down with a spray bottle and let it sit for 20 minutes. Ran it through at the usual 0.032" (0.8mm) gap. This gap always looked a little too coarse but I was afraid to go finer. Too many grains just were not crushed as well as I thought they should be at this gap.
Reset the gap to 0.026" (0.65mm) and re-crushed. Awesome! Small bits of grain with hulls in very large pieces. Best crush ever. Interested to see how the efficiency is.
Did 2 pounds of wheat malt too. Don't think it helped it as much but I don't think it hurt either.
Hard to describe how wet I got it. Once I got little pieces of debris sticking to the inside of the plastic bag I sprayed it in, I called it good. Sprayed a little and tossed it around a little until I got there.
All the Best,
D. White
Spritzed 5 lbs of barley malt down with a spray bottle and let it sit for 20 minutes. Ran it through at the usual 0.032" (0.8mm) gap. This gap always looked a little too coarse but I was afraid to go finer. Too many grains just were not crushed as well as I thought they should be at this gap.
Reset the gap to 0.026" (0.65mm) and re-crushed. Awesome! Small bits of grain with hulls in very large pieces. Best crush ever. Interested to see how the efficiency is.
Did 2 pounds of wheat malt too. Don't think it helped it as much but I don't think it hurt either.
Hard to describe how wet I got it. Once I got little pieces of debris sticking to the inside of the plastic bag I sprayed it in, I called it good. Sprayed a little and tossed it around a little until I got there.
All the Best,
D. White