biggben
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My 2row is all crushed but my specialty grains are not. And I can't get a mill but if I don't brew my batches today I won't be able to for a couple months any suggestions?
Help no grain mill and have to brew today!
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inkman15
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How many pounds? I've seen stories of people putting grains in zip lock bags and smashing them with books or taking a rolling pin to the bag. It's a lot of work and can be messy, but it can be done.
Lhbs?
starrfish
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I've had ok luck with using a rolling pin for small amounts of grain before I got my corona mill
Grab a rolling pin, put the specialty malts in a huge plastic bag (trashcan liner will work in a pinch if you don't have any ziploc bags) and get crushin'!
Laugh all you want, but a paper shredder worked great for me once.
Rolling pin is a huge amount of work, but will get the job done.
Maybe try a coffee bean grinder? Maybe you or a neighbor has one. I'd even give a blender or food processor a try before I'd go the rolling pin route again.
Rolling pin is a huge amount of work, but will get the job done.
Maybe try a coffee bean grinder? Maybe you or a neighbor has one. I'd even give a blender or food processor a try before I'd go the rolling pin route again.
JonK331
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Double bag in heavy zip locks. sandwich in some old towels. Drive your car over it once and check, drive over once more if necessary.
JonK331
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You totally beat me to that.
I'd use a wine bottle or similar instead of a rolling pin if you can. Unless you want your rolling pin all chewed up...
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biggben
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its only 2 pounds maybe 3 i have a coffee grinder but would that work? also have a marble rolling pin.
should i mash for 2 hours then to make sure that i have conversion?
should i mash for 2 hours then to make sure that i have conversion?
JonK331
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Actually, the car method will really work.
LVBen
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Only 2 or 3 pounds? Are you only do a 1-gallon batch? Or are you doing extract with steeped grains or partial mash?
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biggben
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Ok so i have 4 pounds of specialty grains and 12 pounds 2 row. the 2 row as i stated earlier is allready crushed. I was wondering if i did it in the food processor or coffee grinder would it be allright given the fact that the 2 row is 75% of the mash tun.
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biggben
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there is no lhbs im in bfe
What are you doing there?! How did you manage to survive the revolution this past spring?
LVBen
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Ooops... missed that. Sorry!
Yeah, go for it! I'd choose the food processor over the coffee grinder. You've got plenty of two-row to keep you from having sparge problems.
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biggben
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so would you use the rolling pin or food processor?
RobWalker
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I've heard boiling them for 5-10 mins will soften them up and make crushing easier. Don't quote me, but meh.
LVBen
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Either one would be fine, but I'd pick the food processor over the rolling pin just because it would be less strenuous work.
Now I want to try out my wife's paper shredder! Just to see how it does.
Hopper450
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My first batch I pulsed in the food processor and it seemed to turn out okay, not sure if it would have turned out better properly milled or not (probably). I would just recommend against completely pulverizing the grains if you do go with a food processor.
A hand-cranked pasta maker will work. I did that to split some grains for bread once when I was desperate and utterly mad.
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biggben
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well i went ahead and used a coffee grinder because the food processor was not doing anything. actually got a little more efficiency than i accounted for. not much though was shooting for 1.066 and got 1.069 for a pre wort boil. all in all it turned out fine so thanks for the help.
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biggben
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yeah its a big beer trying a new recipe me and my brother made up. looks pretty tasty though
