Keep an eye on PH and you will not have a tannin issue. a 24" french whip is pretty awesome to mash in with if you decide to keep it tight. they are like 10$ off amazon.
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Keep an eye on PH and you will not have a tannin issue. a 24" french whip is pretty awesome to mash in with if you decide to keep it tight. they are like 10$ off amazon.
Therein lays my problem, never had pH issues in past and don't want to deal with a pH probe. Thinking of getting a big jar of pH stabilizer, I know it's kinda ghetto and not near as exact as correcting with acidulated malt, etc...but just not wanting to deal with it the "correct" way yet.
With a 10 month old an a five year in the house, anything I can do to get the time commitment down will help to get the wife onboard with brew days. The brulosophy 1 hour all grain brew day has some appeal for me. 30 min mash, 15 min boil. A bit more speedy on hops usage, and his efficiency was only 60% but I think it's worth trying. Maybe even do a partigyle with a second 30 min mash during the boil.
Ok I've gotten silly.
4 & 7 yr old now so not quite as time limited as before but still don't want a 4-5 hr brew day. Good news is the kit I brewed with the mill hit OG dead on today! Really stoked about that, before I was falling at least 10 points shy with BIAB and milled grain from online vendors. The mill went through the 12 lbs of grain with ease. Really happy with going the corona mill route, thanks to all the "pioneers" on here, I was able to get it set up perfectly from the start following all your previous trials and tribulations!
@phug , I forgot the issue I have when I've looked at my towns water report in past. I don't know why but their water reports suck in terms of info they give compared to others I have seen. I live in Cary, NC. The ONLY elements they report on that bruin water needs is Sodium, Fluoride, Sulfate, and iron.....they do not give pH, nor do they specify concentrations of all the other 8 that bruin water wants!! Thus I am back to square one. I might call the town and ask how to get that info....they get their water from Jordan Lake so maybe if I find a report on that lake in general it would be close enough (not sure if each town messes with adding any of those into the water or if it is all naturally occurring, exception of flouride & chlorine/chloramines)....
find the phone number for the guy/department that does the report. Just because they don't report it doesn't mean they don't test it. you never know.
plus there might be enough engineers that one of them homebrews
So spoke with one of the chemists there and she pointed me to a corner of their website that has the detailed "lab" version of results and appears to have everything I need. pH is as expected (they say a safe est is 8.0 which is almost exactly what ours is), surprisingly our water is rated as "moderately soft". I will input numbers into bruin water this evening and give this a go next time!
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ugly junk complete. testing crush this weekend and then hopefully a small brew next week to check efficiency
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i will redeem them for less grain dust haha I have to affix them to the bucket somehow, maybe small zip ties or duct tape haha
Most of the pipe insulation I have seen have adhesive on them. After you fit them you just peel and stick. Is'nt that the case here?
Shawnylocks
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no this is basically a small pool noodle with a split it was in my basement when we moved in a few years back and I have found a few cool uses for it
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Have you actually read the thread? Do you think it would have been continuously active for 8 whole years if people weren't?
My new ugly junk! Kinda nice isn't it?
Built in a few hours. Total cost : 0 dollarz
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Built in a few hours. Total cost : 0 dollarz
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Have you actually read the thread? Do you think it would have been continuously active for 8 whole years if people weren't?
Bahahahaha.
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That is not ugly by Any means
Have you actually read the thread? Do you think it would have been continuously active for 8 whole years if people weren't?
Kyack! I kinda laugh at the people spending hundreds of dollars on fancy mills when I see the Corona in action. Best $25 I've spent on anything beer related.
I'm pumped to try my hand at making an ugly corona mill too! I just purchased the following corona mill from Amazon. I had a total of $20 credits ($10 worth came from Bing). So the mill only cost me $4.88 out of pocket! Can't beat that!
Thank you all for your posts on this thread! I will have a small project to work on this week and I cannot wait! I just wish the mill would be here on Saturday like I thought it would, but not until Monday.
Thank you all for your posts on this thread! I will have a small project to work on this week and I cannot wait! I just wish the mill would be here on Saturday like I thought it would, but not until Monday.
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imasickboy
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Perfect! And +1 for using Bing rewards. Reminds me that I need to check mine. Haven't looked in months.
Nice. And I thought mine was a good deal. It's hard to beat getting it for less than $5.
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Yeah I couldn't pass it up!! The other $10 Amazon credit actually was a bonus from this forum. There is another thread about Local Only Trading (LOT) that I participated in. When I signed up for a FedEx account and shipped my beers I received a $10 GC for Amazon. So between the LOT thread and using Bing I had the $20 credit. [emoji2]
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I know it's in here, but can someone post the drill and attachment hardware that is recommended?
Rather than post the bolt size, the easiest and surest thing to do is to take the handle bolt from your mill to the hardware store. Buy a bolt with this threads 3-4 " long, cut the head off the bolt and insert into drill chuck.
Other variations include putting a socket in your drill to drive the bolt.
Other variations include putting a socket in your drill to drive the bolt.
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You can't in your right mind seriously consider that thing of beauty "ugly junk" can you?
That's awesome!
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Mods please move this post, it is off topic as it is certainly not ugly junk!!
Seriously, nice job!!
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Think I've got a bolt and socket bit that is compatible, but my cordless drill makes a sad, dying sound when I start milling. I saw a link to HF you posted a few years back for a drlll, but it's gone now. Think this one will get it done?
http://www.harborfreight.com/power-...ty-variable-speed-reversible-drill-61741.html
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That's the one I use, it works great! There is also a slow speed drill that is a little more $$ but people seem to like it a lot. I chose this one for the price point and my budget constraints.
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Cool, thanks.
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This is the good one:
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-inch-heavy-duty-spade-handle-drill-93632.html
With the typical 20% off coupon they send out constantly, it's yours for $44.
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-inch-heavy-duty-spade-handle-drill-93632.html
With the typical 20% off coupon they send out constantly, it's yours for $44.
The D-handle drill is not gone...perhaps the link is dead or you didn't look hard enough
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-heavy-duty-d-handle-variable-speed-reversible-drill-69453.html
The drill you linked is a little higher speed with less power, while it would likley work, I would suggest one of the other 2 HF drills. The D handle is on sale for 43, and with a coupon is almost free lol....
The D-handle drill is not gone...perhaps the link is dead or you didn't look hard enough
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-heavy-duty-d-handle-variable-speed-reversible-drill-69453.html
The drill you linked is a little higher speed with less power, while it would likley work, I would suggest one of the other 2 HF drills. The D handle is on sale for 43, and with a coupon is almost free lol....
I'm not sure about the newer models, but best to find a drill where the sppe is controlled by a turn wheel on the hendle, and not the depth of trigger pull, with a separate adjustment, you can lock the drill on and it will stay at the constant low speed needed, with the speed dependent on the trigger, it is not as mindless a task...
Last eff was 84. After a quarter turn and the power drill treatment it was 88 this time. I'm leaving it there. No more fiddling. Especially since my SG didn't move for the last 15-20 minutes of my mash.
Thank you all for your thoughts, input and ideas!!! This inspired me to build an ugly junk corona mill!!! I just finished putting mine together!! I haven't tried to mill any grains yet b/c I have two extract kits waiting in my closet waiting to be brewed. But I figure between building this, having everything for my BIAB setup and I bought the grains for my first BIAB brew (vacuumed sealed the grains yesterday after I got home), I figure this will get my butt in gear to brew those two extract kits!! LOL
Anyways, enough rambling here is my ugly junk corona mill!!!
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Anyways, enough rambling here is my ugly junk corona mill!!!
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Guys I have read a good number of these posts. There's no way I'm going to be able to read nearly 200 pages. I did try searches and all that but my target is somewhat generic (drill, thread, etc..)
I am looking for the thread size of the crank handle retainer. I found posts that say "just take it to the hardware store" which is a fine bit of advice. The problem is I will be headed to brew at my buddie's house and I want to bring what I need to motorize. If you look @ Kansas and find the place furthest from everything paved - that's where he lives. A trip to a hardware store is a good hour round-trip. So, any assistance there avoiding one or more of those trips will be highly appreciated. I'll tip a beer in your direction.
I am looking for the thread size of the crank handle retainer. I found posts that say "just take it to the hardware store" which is a fine bit of advice. The problem is I will be headed to brew at my buddie's house and I want to bring what I need to motorize. If you look @ Kansas and find the place furthest from everything paved - that's where he lives. A trip to a hardware store is a good hour round-trip. So, any assistance there avoiding one or more of those trips will be highly appreciated. I'll tip a beer in your direction.
