Does this look like a good crush?

[urg8rb8]

I got my shipment of crushed grains from an online homebrew place and wondering if this is coincidered a good crush.

This is pilsner malt

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[urg8rb8]

This is white wheat

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[slym2none]

Looks sorta like my last batch from my LHBS. Not great, but probably workable.

Are the grains that look whole at least crushed/cracked? Can you take one and put it between your fingers and feel it give?

 

[urg8rb8]

I haven't opened the bag yet. There seems to be a bunch of the white wheat that looks whole. Can I use a rolling pin and break them down further? I don't have a grain crusher/mill.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Looks to coarse for my taste, but tough to tell from a pic.

Using a rolling pin is kinda like breaking out of jail with a nail file....JMO's

 

[slym2none]

Even a food processor or a blender will help with any uncrushed grain.

Better than a rolling pin, anyway... at least if you are going a BIAB route. If using a more traditional method, you might get too much "flour" that way.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Can't really tell. The picture came out quite grainy.

 

[slym2none]

What you did there... I saw it.

 

[urg8rb8]

I mash in a bag in a cooler so I could have it fine without an issue. Maybe I should buy a mill. Anyone recommend a corona style mill?

 

[urg8rb8]

Can't really tell. The picture came out quite grainy.

:sly:

 

[wilserbrewer]

I mash in a bag in a cooler so I could have it fine without an issue. Maybe I should buy a mill. Anyone recommend a corona style mill?

Yes, many use a corona mill and are satisfied.