Milling grain location in Home brewery build

[synonymous18]

Looking for input on whether I need to attempt to locate my monster mill setup in a different room than my brewery. Should I have a closet put in and do it in there?

 

[IslandLizard]

I mill outside to keep the dust down, although there isn't all that much as the (custom) milling base board makes a pretty good seal with the bucket underneath.

Then when I'm pouring the milled grain into the mash tun there's a huge plume of dust, and that's right in the brewery, being my kitchen. To avoid that, I was thinking of doughing in outside, but the logistics for that are not friendly.

Many use a small "milling cabinet," with the receiving bucket behind the closed door. Look around, they can be really nice. They mill in their brewery or "grain storage" area.

 

[jodell]

As long as it's away from fermentation it's fine.
I actually mill in my shed where I brew and ferment (in a chest freezer) and have not had a problem, however that's mostly because I keep the door and garage door open during the session..keeps a nice breeze going through

 

[synonymous18]

When you say “away from fermentation” what are you meaning?

 

[jodell]

Probably a different room. Grains have lactobacillus on the husk, which can and will sour a beer quickly, however it is killed off during the boil if you mill close to where you ferment, there's a chance it could get into the fermenter and sour your beer.

 

[Gravity]

Probably a different room. Grains have lactobacillus on the husk, which can and will sour a beer quickly, however it is killed off during the boil if you mill close to where you ferment, there's a chance it could get into the fermenter and sour your beer.

I've had this happen before, now I mill outside

 

[day_trippr]

By the time I bought my own mill I had already read enough about random lacto infections (and watched a Youtube video of someone dry-milling in a cloud of dust) to motivate me to mill outside.
Fortunately it's not much of a burden as my brewing area has a door out to a patio and my mill is wheeled.

Also, conditioning really cuts the dust down no matter where one mills...

Cheers!

 

[MaryB]

I am going to build a milling station with a vent hood.

 

[milldoggy]

I mill right next to everything. I used a kitchen cabinet. So my grain falls into that. Really controls the dust. I turn on my vent hood while milling to create postive pressure and pull the dust towards my brew kettles and away from fermentation area. No infections for 3 years doing this.

 

[AkTom]

I mill right in my brew area. I do keep my fermentation chamber door closed. I've never had any issues.

 

[wilserbrewer]

I mill indoors and really like mounting the mill inside a sealed bucket, almost zero dust.