re-purposing equipment

[NitrogenWidget]

hi!
did a bunch of home brews 20yrs ago and recently made some hard cider and hard lemonade and got a mandarin hef kit fermenting in the basement.
i'm looking to move up and go electric BIAB.

well me and my dad got one of these fruit crushers that fits on a cast iron fruit press when we made wine.

yes it's rusty, been in the barn a few years but it's heavy and solid.

i'm wondering if I can use this to crush grain or if i need different rollers or if i should just pay the extra to have it crushed for biab at the home brew supply places.

thanks in advance.

 

[Gravity]

The rollers don't look like the gran crushing type. How do you adjust the fineness of the crush? You should build a lttle housing unit above the roller akin to a funnel so keep the grain in place. Theres only one way to find out, run some grain through it, and give it a twirl.

If all else fails, nothing wrong with pureeing fruit for wine or cider again

 

[NitrogenWidget]

there is a wooden hopper also but i couldn't find it in the barn. LOL!
it doesn't adjust from what i see.
so i guess i answered my own question.

you are right, i should just try it and if it doesn't work can just bring it somewhere like a home brew shop or feed it into my coffee bean grinder i guess.

 

[doug293cz]

Most fruit crushers are designed to let things the size of grain kernels (apple & grape seeds, stems, etc.) pass thru without being crushed. These kinds of crushers would be useless for grain.

Brew on

 

[Gravity]

Most fruit crushers are designed to let things the size of grain kernels (apple & grape seeds, stems, etc.) pass thru without being crushed. These kinds of crushers would be useless for grain.

Brew on

For sure, you can tell by the dullness of the roller themselves and the larger groves in between the rollers, you would have to pass grain through a million times before you get a mashable crush

I like the coffee idea, it doest need to be finely crushed

 

[wilserbrewer]

As said above, the gaps b/w the rollers are far to wide to crush grain.

A corona mill, aka corn grinder works well at 25-30 shipped.

 

[Gravity]

As said above, the gaps b/w the rollers are far to wide to crush grain.

A corona mill, aka corn grinder works well at 25-30 shipped.

Random thought: I love Corona Mills!