Is this grain milled enough?

[jnetzel]

I'm unsure how fine the milling should be. This is premilled from the supplier. Should I get it finer?

 

[jdauria]

I mean it's milled fine, but homebrew shops do tend to mill with a wider mill gap setting in order to prevent their customers from getting stuck mashes. Will it make beer, definitely...will you get better efficiency is it was milled finer, most likely.

 

[ncbrewer]

It looks like a lot of whole uncrushed grains to me. I'd say it should be finer. But in another thread - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...w-good-is-their-milling.736267/#post-10460317 - others seemed to have different opinions of optimum grain crush. Maybe I'm too fussy about the crush?

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

I'm with @ncbrewer ... if you have the ability to mill it finer I would do so.

 

[BongoYodeler]

What equipment do you use? For instance I biab, and for me that would be unacceptable.

 

[jnetzel]

What equipment do you use? For instance I biab, and for me that would be unacceptable.

Thats what I'm planning. Seperate it into bags in my 42qt stainless pot

 

[Dgallo]

Yeah that needs a better crush. I would suggest investing in your own mill. Will help with dialing your efficiency and also will save you a lot of money overtime by being able to buy sacks of basemalt and specialty malts you use often

 

[doug293cz]

It looks like a lot of whole uncrushed grains to me. I'd say it should be finer. But in another thread - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...w-good-is-their-milling.736267/#post-10460317 - others seemed to have different opinions of optimum grain crush. Maybe I'm too fussy about the crush?

Kernels that look uncrushed may actually be cracked, which is all that is really needed if you mash long enough. If you can find kernels that appear to be uncrushed, squeeze them to see if they fall into two or more pieces. If you find a significant number of kernels that do not fall apart, then the crush sucks, and should be finer.

Brew on

 

[AZ Maverick]

I BIAB and I crush my own grain using a two roller Hullwrecker set at .028", here's what my crush looks like.

 

[Bobby_M]

Ah, the ol' Morebeer gentle mill.

 

[jnetzel]

Update: I took my grain to a local milling company, maltwerks, and they improved it significantly. Picture below. I did say around .28" fineness and this is what I got

 

[odie]

well...it's hard to really tell if it's still in the bag.

But pre-crushed grain is usually a bit coarse for BIAB.

But extending the mash time might make that irrelevant?