Brewmaster grain mill

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What do they use to get their "signature" crush so many people talk about?

 

[shortyjacobs]

What do they use to get their "signature" crush so many people talk about?

Rolling pin

 

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AHHHH! That's the secret!

 

[MrShake]

You could email them and find out.... they usually respond pretty quickly

 

[snail]

Yeah I realized that after I posted. Plus I had a question on an order so...

 

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In case anyone is wondering, it is a Crankandstein 328D with a gap of .035"

 

[IrregularPulse]

In case anyone is wondering, it is a Crankandstein 328D with a gap of .035"

Thanks. I do love their crush.

Damn $300 bucks!

 

[snail]

Damn $300 bucks!

That's what I was thinking...

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Yes we use the 328D for our crush, now. In the past we used a Barley Crusher, and then we used a 3D with a .035" gap. I will say that the CrankandStein mills are very high quality mills. The 3 rollers keep the husks in tact while allowing you to get a good crush on the grains. As Don the owner of CrankandStein says "These mills are not toys they are high precision pieces of equipment." I know our mill alone weighs around 30 lbs.

Ed

 

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Do you guys have a pulley setup or use a drill?

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Do you guys have a pulley setup or use a drill?

We use a pulley setup with a big old high torque motor. We used to use a drill in the past though and had good results with it. There were a few reasons we switched to the larger mill and the motor/pulley setup. 1. The drill was loud in the store, so when we opened up for retail customers we needed a quieter solution. 2. The smaller mills knurl on the rollers wears out too fast for us. Not a big deal for an individual since we crush more in a day than most people do in a year. 3. We wanted to be able to crush faster. Our new mill crushes at over 26 lbs a minute, and has a 50 lb.+ hopper attached to it.

We powered the 3D, and Barley Crushers will a drill.

Ed

 

[snail]

We use a pulley setup with a big old high torque motor. We used to use a drill in the past though and had good results with it. There were a few reasons we switched to the larger mill and the motor/pulley setup. 1. The drill was loud in the store, so when we opened up for retail customers we needed a quieter solution. 2. The smaller mills knurl on the rollers wears out too fast for us. Not a big deal for an individual since we crush more in a day than most people do in a year. 3. We wanted to be able to crush faster. Our new mill crushes at over 26 lbs a minute, and has a 50 lb.+ hopper attached to it.

We powered the 3D, and Barley Crushers will a drill.

Ed

WOW! That mill is a beast! Badass :rockin:

 

[LVBen]

What do they use to get their "signature" crush so many people talk about?

Whatever it is, I like it. I got ~77.5% efficiency with 15 pounds of grains and a single batch sparge.

 

[snail]

Whatever it is, I like it. I got ~77.5% efficiency with 15 pounds of grains and a single batch sparge.

Yeah me too! I'm still figuring out my all-grain system and find my self ordering less grain each time to account for the great efficiency I've been getting.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Yes we use the 328D for our crush, now. In the past we used a Barley Crusher, and then we used a 3D with a .035" gap. I will say that the CrankandStein mills are very high quality mills. The 3 rollers keep the husks in tact while allowing you to get a good crush on the grains. As Don the owner of CrankandStein says "These mills are not toys they are high precision pieces of equipment." I know our mill alone weighs around 30 lbs.

Ed

I can definitely see buying this for an operation like yours, but I think I'll fo the cheaper $150 for my personal one when the time comes because, like you said, I'll crush less in a year than you do in an afternoon.

Whatever it is, I like it. I got ~77.5% efficiency with 15 pounds of grains and a single batch sparge.

Ditto, BMWs crush jumped my efficiency from 70%-75+% from the retailer I used before.