Roasted barley in coffee grinder

[neumann]

In the BCS dry stout recipe, Jamil recommends running the roasted barley through a coffee grinder. Anyone do this? What setting do you use on the grinder?

 

[smokinghole]

Do you have a spinning blade grinder or a burr grinder?

If a burr grinder I'd go with a drip grind to a press pot grind. If you have a spinning grinder just grind till it looks good. Does he recommend a coffee grinder to get a finder grind than a malt mill offers?

 

[neumann]

I've got a burr grinder. He says that in order to get the flavor and color, it's nesscessary to "turn it into dust."

 

[smokinghole]

Twist that thing to espresso grind then. I just used my burr grinder (after cleaning with rice) to grind raw spelt down. I need to get a hand crank cheapo grinder for small amounts of specialty grains like that. I don't like having to clean the coffee grinder for such quick tasks.