Morebeer Malt Muncher 2 Mill

[Dave Sarber]

I have a 120 quart Igloo cooler I made into a mash tun, with a slit PVC pipe manifold (a work of art, in my opinion). Works great with .025 crush.

 

[day_trippr]

Wow. Well then, you're a much braver soul than me

Cheers!

 

[Dave Sarber]

Wow. Well then, you're a much braver soul than me

Cheers!

As you can see, it's hinged, and none of the PVC is glued, so it's removable for cleaning. I like it.

Just used this 2 days ago with 38 pounds of grain and 15 gallons of water, still had about 5" from being full.

 

[day_trippr]

If it works it works, but that'd scare me into using a lot more rice hulls

Cheers!

 

[Dave Sarber]

If it works it works, but that'd scare me into using a lot more rice hulls

Cheers!

Never have used rice hulls. Just the husks from the grain. I made the slits with a cutting wheel on my body grinder, just measured the slits with a feeler gauge @.030. My first attempt was with slits at .060, but that didn't work well.

 

[augiedoggy]

That looks just like the Cereal Killer that I have. I think there must be an assembly plant, somewhere in Asia, that cranks these things out in shipping container quantities, to be marketed under a variety of brand names. The basic mill body is the same, only the base and hopper size varies by brand.

Yup, cereal killer, malt muchier, kegco 2 roller and most of the other brands like the ones coming out with the logos etched (northern brewer) in them are all the same mill from same factory.. They also make the 3 roller variant, all have real ball bearings vs the bushings which is a key indicator of what mill you have.. The monster mills are going to have cheaper bronze bushing unless you pay $600 or more for the upgraded pulley drive version.
Ive been using the cereal killer at home for over 6 years now and the 3 roller version at the brewpub with thousands of pounds of grain through it with no problems, both motorized. I bought a used Bodine 170rpm gear reduction motor for about $80 which is more than powerful enough and use one of those green $10 drum switches from ebay to have reverse when/if needed.

I use a credit card for gap thickness (.030) and its worked fine for me with no rice hulls and recirculation but YMMV.

 

[augiedoggy]

I checked that out at one point, just did so again. It's about $50 including shipping, at least to my address. I don't understand why shipping is so expensive, it's almost certainly coming unassembled. And the weight isn't THAT much.

Galvanized sheet steel is pretty cheap (24x36" at Menards, $9.99). If you know someone with a brake maybe you could cut it to the right dimensions and have it bent into shape. It's just held together with screws and nuts.

I found the hopper extension for much less somewhere although I dont know where and I can confirm the MM hopper extension bolts right up to the kegco 3 roller. I'm going to assume it costs $50 from MM for the simple reason that they can charge that much.. Same reason their mills cost what they do.

 

[Dave Sarber]

I found the hopper extension for much less somewhere although I dont know where and I can confirm the MM hopper extension bolts right up to the kegco 3 roller. I'm going to assume it costs $50 from MM for the simple reason that they can charge that much.. Same reason their mills cost what they do.

MoreBeer charges $50 for the extension, Monster charges $30, but the shipping to my location is over $30. I bought sheet metal and hardware at Home Depot for $30 and made my own.

 

[augiedoggy]

Very nice. Yes, $500 is more than I want to spend. I was really just looking for some user experience. Maybe others out there had bought an entry level mill like I'm planning on and found it too small for 10-20 lb batches. I think I will try to upsize to the Monster Mill 2 if morebeer hasn't shipped yet. Thanks for your input.

I also suggest buying the 3 roller kegco mill for $150 its mechanically superior to the standard mm3 due to the ball bearing it has vs bushings. Like I just mentioned above I use one at my nanobrewery to mill about 150 lbs of grain a week on average and its been going strong for almost a year and a half without any maintenance needed. I use my 2 roller CK for 10 gallon brews at home and find personally that I have no reason to upgrade. I just refill the hopper as needed.

 

[augiedoggy]

MoreBeer charges $50 for the extension, Monster charges $30, but the shipping to my location is over $30. I bought sheet metal and hardware at Home Depot for $30 and made my own.

They seem to have gone up
more with shipping than I paid but I can no longer find it for less anywhere. Ironically the whole standard hopper assy which is more complex, costs less... I guess monster is selling more hopper extensions due to folks using them on both MM mills and the clones.

 

[Dave Sarber]

MoreBeer charges $50 for the extension, Monster charges $30, but the shipping to my location is over $30. I bought sheet metal and hardware at Home Depot for $30 and made my own.
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BTW: I just used this the other day for a BIG barleywine brew. This is the Kegco 3 roller with modifications, the bin underneath holds 105 quarts, I'm thinking 50 pounds would be no problem. I used 38 pounds of grain, tore thru it in 4.5 minutes, with no refilling or emptying.

 

[doublehaul]

Here's my first attempt

 

[augiedoggy]

^^^That. (IslandLizards post). I bought the Kegco 3 roller mill with 11 pound hopper. Honestly don't remember which online retailer I bought it from (possibly MoreBeer), but it was about $160 shipped. 1/2" shaft, bearings instead of bushings, large rollers, made my own baseboard, and already had the drill. I run it slow, does 20-25 pound batches in 5 minutes or less.
EDIT: Just googled it, Kegco lists it at $157, didn't check shipping.

the beveragefactory.coms store brand is the "kegco" mill but you can buy this exact mill as the maltmuncher from other vendors. some have keg king , some kegland or other distribtor branding marking on them now as the manufacturer offers free laser etching of branding on the side for everyone who buys in bulk and distributes as thier own like the hullwrecker and the like.. the cereal killer maltmucher, kegco and hullwrecker branded mills are from the same manufacturer. Some have hardened rollers and some have softer stainless that wont rust with conditioning.
for 5 and 10 gallon brews either is fine IMO as I own both, even use my kegco in a commercial 3bbl brewpub for over a year and a half with thousands of lbs of grain through it now.