Mill equiptment and efficiency

[buzzardbrew]

Just starting all grain brewing, and was wondering what most people use to mill there grain I've talked to a few people who use meat grinders, or meat tenderizers. Do they work or should I continue to look for a grain mill.


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[LandoLincoln]

I don't know of / never heard of anyone that uses a meat grinder. A regular grain mill that looks a lot like your good ol' meat grinder, sure, but not an actual meat grinder.

If you have a local homebrew store (LHBS) nearby, you can buy grain from them and most stores have a mill in the shop that you can use free of charge. It's a crapshoot if you're going to get a good crush, though, since people screw around with the settings.

If you're on a budget, I'd suggest a Corona (grain) mill. With some moderate tweaking, they work well and they're very reasonably priced. Check out this thread for many, many ideas on how to get them set up.

 

[seanybubbles]

IMO I would buy a good grain mill. I find this especially important if your lhbs doesn't have a good mill. I found I had mixed results from my lhbs mill when I got inconsistent crushes. Sometimes I would get good efficiencies, sometimes not. It's hard to hit your brewing targets with poor crushes.


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[JohnSand]

I use an old blender with success, others do too. A corona mill is cheap and effective, bigger better grain mills cost more. Choose according to your means and needs.