is this a good crush?

[mdfairbairn]

just looking for opinions on the crush from my LHBS ... troubleshooting my efficiency issues ... thanks in advance

 

[mdfairbairn]

 

[barhoc11]

I would go more, unless those are empty husks. Not the best picture so its hard to tell

 

[idahobrew]

From what I can make out I'd say no. I can still see some hulls uncrushed and very little flour material. You want to see some flour in there.

 

[bleme]

It is hard to tell anything from a 13kb pic, and even then there is a huge divide in opinions. NB swears that you get the best efficiency if 95% of the grains are cracked. On the other hand, my homebrew mentor grinds his own in what he calls a 'fearless grind' and gets 90% efficiency. Numbers like that are hard to argue with....

 

[wilserbrewer]

Very few if any whole grain is what you want...oh and the pics look like tapioca pudding...with pics like that I suggest asking a fortune teller

edit...crush more

 

[mdfairbairn]

i know ... cell phone pics u/l via mobile HBT app ... are these any better?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JWtkjj5P9fE/T5NcvW-aMZI/AAAAAAAAAEU/VXeDzAhbneo/w248-h248-p/IMAG0323.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6M40dA8wjso/T5NcwsTfu_I/AAAAAAAAAEc/FSQ6rK8rPUY/w248-h248-p/IMAG0324.jpg

a good 30% appear to be uncrushed to me ... there's a bit of flour in the bottom of the bags but mostly whole and cracked grains. think i'll run these through my corona mill before i brew!

 

[mdfairbairn]

ps ... thanks for the comments

 

[wilserbrewer]

a good 30% appear to be uncrushed to me ... there's a bit of flour in the bottom of the bags but mostly whole and cracked grains. think i'll run these through my corona mill before i brew!

I think I have heard enough and don't need to look at the pics...why are you having someone else crush if ya own a mill

 

[mdfairbairn]

I'm basically lazy lol ... their motorized roller mills are right there while I weigh out the grain! My Corona mill is somewhere in a box still unpacked from our move last spring.

 

[firebirdude]

No. Not a good crush. Run it through again.

 

[mdfairbairn]

Thanks all