Victoria Grain Mill

[srm775]

It has tips on tweaking them to use them....just know that if a coroa style is good enough for CHarlie Papazian...AND he gets 87% efficiency, than it isn't the piece of junk you or others may think it is....

Should work fine, just a matter of ease and convenience. But, you definitely did overpay for it. I think they're around $20 online.

I just (cluelessly) bought a victoria mill on the advice of LHBS ($50).....I am heartened to see people coming in here and rescuing it from the negative, but I probably should have done my research before taking said advice......I'll be using it this coming week sI'm sure, and I'll report back!

 

[Revvy]

Should work fine, just a matter of ease and convenience. But, you definitely did overpay for it. I think they're around $20 online.

Mine was free from Yooper...But don't forget shipping costs...they are heavy mofos....

 

[Dynachrome]

Victoria here for $23.00

http://www.discounttommy.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/SFV/32282/vpid/3433758/vpcsid/0/rid/125237

You can just find the correct bolt to thread in and put an adapter into a drill with a socket that fits the bolt - whole adapter setup would probably cost less than $5.00.

I ran through more than 40 lbs of grain pretty quickly. Of course I won't know how it mashes or my efficiency till after I brew it down. It looks promissing.

 

[Synovia]

Corona's are cheap (don't spend more than $20) and probably adequate for grinding a pound of specialty grain. If you ever get into AG or even doing decent-sized partial mashes, you really would want something better. VERY hard to control the grind; it's rare when people are able to get good efficiency, at least with any consistency, with a Corona.

I disagree with absolutely everything above. I hit 72% efficiency on my first brew (batch sparge), and mid 80s on all subsequent batches with the corona. It hasn't been hard to control at all.

I don't know anything about the Victoria mill other than it LOOKS exactly like a Corona but MoreBeer says it's not... in any case, if you are looking at it new, I would REALLY hesitate to drop $60 on it, as for $120 you can get an excellent, excellent mill that will work for you for life, regardless of where your brewing takes you (the Barley Crusher).

I'm pretty sure Victoria has the old Corona plates or something. Pretty much all of those style mills are essentially the same.


I've got absolutely not problems with my (knockoff) Corona. That being said, if it was $60, and not the $24 I paid on ebay, I probably would have bought a monster mill, barley crusher, or some other roller mill.

 

[Revvy]

I disagree with absolutely everything above. I hit 72% efficiency on my first brew (batch sparge), and mid 80s on all subsequent batches with the corona. It hasn't been hard to control at all.

I say this again and again, in fact it came up in another brewing podcast with him, but Charlie Papazian gets like 87% efficiency with his, and had been using it as long as he's been brewing AG.

 

[Ichthy]

Go to amazon.com and search for grizzly mills. It's the same style as a Corona and I think I paid $20 or $30. Everyone's right, it takes some time to dial it in, but once you do your set.

 

[Dynachrome]

LBHS put rubber grommet on the adjustment threads - I haven't fiddled with that much, but he says it makes for ease of adjustment.

 

[Revvy]

LBHS put rubber grommet on the adjustment threads - I haven't fiddled with that much, but he says it makes for ease of adjustment.

Can you take a pic and post it?

 

[Jawbox0]

Careful with the Grizzly mill. I had to do all manner of tweaking just to get it to work at all. The tolerances were awful there. I still haven't been able to get my grinding plate straight, and I had to hit it with a Dremel and hacksaw just to put it together!

 

[Ichthy]

Careful with the Grizzly mill. I had to do all manner of tweaking just to get it to work at all. The tolerances were awful there. I still haven't been able to get my grinding plate straight, and I had to hit it with a Dremel and hacksaw just to put it together!

I had the same problems. I had to leave the cotter pin in that holds on the outer plate (instead of inserting a bolt) and just tighten it down. My grain is now all crushed and there is minimal husk shredding. If I'd quit being lazy I would try malt conditioning, but I've never had any problems lautering.

 

[Revvy]

Okay, we're trading into ground covered thoroughly in this thread.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-ugly-junk-corona-mill-station-90849/

 

[Dynachrome]

Can you take a pic and post it?

I will try to remember. I have to go and pick up mt wheat yeast today.



As to resurecting olf threads... Did I open one from the bottom of the page where it shows comparable threads and reply to it maybe?

I did see yours a few months back. Good thread by the way. Seemsl like this one has been useful too.

Bill

 

[Dynachrome]

Thread titles....

Yours sounds X rated.....

;-)

 

[natefrog255]

Yeah I just bought a new (but not mint - handle dinged up) Victoria mill off of eBay for $28 +$10 shipping, overpaid a bit I think, but not horrible. It has everything but that metal cover where the grain comes out. And no instructions either. So I'm not really sure how to adjust the crush. All I need to do is crush specialty grains for when I steep my grains.

 

[quincycz]

What is the size of screw on handle?