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What passes for our LHBS has a hand-crank crusher that's free for anyone to use, but it looks like a toy and I don't buy much grain there anyway (it's just a corner of a giant chain package store, and I suspect that a lot of their supplies have been around too long), preferring to go fresher. That usually means Midwest, and although I had them crush my first few AG kits (they do kits for free, but charge to crush a whole 50 pound bag), I ended up shelling out $20 for a Corona-type mill, and now I'm quite happy crushing my own.
 
I know our local one here in Gilbert, AZ will crush for free. I also haven't been charged at the one out in Glendale, AZ either.

I like to crush my own, so I have a Barley Crusher and mill mine while the water is warming up. No brew day is complete without the use of Power Tools :)
 
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