Bar;ey Crusher! Barley Crusher! Barley Crusher!

[BrewSpook]

For those considering this, I ordered one from Northern brewer along with a new better bottle, banjo burner, and a new flask for starters... plus a few odds and ends. Showed up in 5 different boxes via fed ex, was here in 3 days, and only cost me 7.99 to ship everything! They have both the 7lb and 15lb models in stock most of the time.

 

[pbarning]

I was so bummed out when I ordered my BC from Austin Howebrew, because it seemed that I would be waiting forever to get it. I guess I got lucky, however, since I received it within 6 days of my order. Maybe the dudes at BC are cranking them out quicker now.

 

[Austinhomebrew]

supposedly, except that they're not in stock, and for the extra couple bucks, Northern had them in stock w/ the same shipping.

We have them in stock all of the time. On a product we make $5 on it is best for us to ship it direct from the manufacturer. We dont want to pay shipping to us and then shipping to you. I know we collect $7.99 for shipping but we would pay about $13. We do this so we can have the best price.

Forrest

 

[Gritsak]

I posted on the first page about my frustration with mediocre efficiency from LBHS crushes. This thread inspired me to bite the bullet and buy a barley crusher. My first time using the crusher was today on a batch of continuously hopped rye IPA. Happily overshot my OG and ended up with 82% efficiency! My previous best using identical methods was under 65%. Feels good knowing i can now brew a good IPA for right around $20 using my bulk hops and grain. Next on the agenda is a SMaSH centennial IPA.

 

[GRHunter]

I posted on the first page about my frustration with mediocre efficiency from LBHS crushes. This thread inspired me to bite the bullet and buy a barley crusher. My first time using the crusher was today on a batch of continuously hopped rye IPA. Happily overshot my OG and ended up with 82% efficiency! My previous best using identical methods was under 65%. Feels good knowing i can now brew a good IPA for right around $20 using my bulk hops and grain. Next on the agenda is a SMaSH centennial IPA.

Congrats! And it's fun to do the crush yourself too.

 

[dex0807]

So I have an idea for a DIY version, trying to hammer out the details. Are both rollers driven or is one passive and only rotates when the grain passes through?

If a passive roller works then great. I can't seem to figure out a gear set small enough to drive both 2" rollers.

Sorry to hijack.

 

[mmb]

So I have an idea for a DIY version, trying to hammer out the details. Are both rollers driven or is one passive and only rotates when the grain passes through?

If a passive roller works then great. I can't seem to figure out a gear set small enough to drive both 2" rollers.

Sorry to hijack.

On the Barley Crusher one roller is driven and one is free wheeling and only moves when grain passes through it.

 

[ruffdeezy]

I got the approval from the wife to buy a bunch of other equipment including a boilermaker so I snuck one of these into the order as well.

 

[pernox]

Ordered mine the other day.

Going to give my pasta mill to a buddy who does extract/partial mash. Going through a ~13lb grain bill in forty minutes+ was getting too tedious even though I regularly hit 80%+ efficiency, so I figured that my time IS worth money, and my crusher should be paid for in twelve batches.