grain freshness ? help?

[WheaYat]

ok so i have alot of grain that is about 9 months old. i ordered it milled but i kept it in zip locs and then in a metal tin and it has been kept in the back fridge. do u cats think that it still fresh? i had read previously somewhere that u dont want to mill your grain until your ready to brew, for freshness purposes. so my question is, would u brew with 9-10 month old milled grain that has been somewhat air tight and in the fridge?


if not i will be making another order, obviously. an so this dosent happen to me again, is there any way to mill the grain myself without a machine? rolling pin maybe?

thanks alot and GOD BLESS

 

[Calder]

Use it. Looks like you took as good care of it as you could. Use it as quickly as you can.

People use flour for baking that's a year old; it's best fresh, but still usable if it's old.

Get a mill. Any other way is a pain. Check out Corona Mills. I use one, works great, and a lot cheaper than the barley crushers.

 

[WheaYat]

ok if u think so I'll use it. I tried it and it tasted good. well didn't tasted stale. it's victory, carapils, honey, and crystal 60L. God Bless.

 

[MarzBock]

+1 on getting the grain mill. They are pretty cheap ($50 at my LHBS), and you'll be so glad that you did it. Attach a screw-gun to the crank and you can chew through 10lb of grain in a matter of minutes... not to mention the fact that you can CONTROL how fine you crush the grain. I am never happy with the "pre-crushed" stuff that i've ordred through Morebeer.com. It's like they don't want you to get good efficiency so you have to order more grain. lame..

 

[WheaYat]

yeah that's who I order from and see that
alot of the grains aren't milled as fine as they should. so it seems. usually pretty spot on as far as efficency goes though. but I always break em down a tad more wit a rolling pin real quick.