Do You Own A Grain Mill?

BARL Brewing · Post by **BARL Brewing** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:45 am

I am looking at purchasing a grain mill and wanted to get some recommendations and feedback on what to consider.
I will be sharing it with my brother in law and between us (mostly him) it will be going thru 2-4 batches per month, so it will be getting a lot of use. What say you?
Brian

jward · Post by **jward** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:29 am

I am happy with the 3 roller Crank and Stein mill I have. If I had it to do over I would have went with the 1/2" drive instead of 3/8". 1/2" is the standard for sheaves and more rigid the the 3/8".

Post by **brahn** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:10 pm

I have the fixed roller JSP Maltmill and I'm very happy with it.

BrewMasterBrad · Post by **BrewMasterBrad** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:45 pm

I have a two roller Crank and Stein (no longer in business) that I am really happy with and I have been using it trouble free for nearly 150 batches now. One of the original Crank and Stein guys now runs Monster Brewing Hardware and they have some great looking mills. The one I have is similar to their MM-2.

bwarbiany · Post by **bwarbiany** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:01 pm

I'm using the standard Barley Crusher, and it's worked just fine for everything I've needed so far.

backyard brewer · Post by **backyard brewer** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:06 pm

jward wrote:I am happy with the 3 roller Crank and Stein mill I have. If I had it to do over I would have went with the 1/2" drive instead of 3/8". 1/2" is the standard for sheaves and more rigid the the 3/8".

+1. I have the 1/2" shafts. Crank and Stein is no longer around, but the guy who was the brains of it, Fred, now owns Monster Mills. http://www.monsterbrewinghardware.com/p ... _main.html

I get a very consistent crush from the 3-roller mill and I would buy it again.

Post by **JonW** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:01 pm

Ditto what Derrin says. I have the 3 roller MM and it works great. For approx 20+ lbs of grain in a 10 gallon batch, it takes 5 minutes to mill. I bought their hopper and mounted the mill to a bucket lid and mill into a 6 gal bucket.

maltbarley · Post by **maltbarley** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:17 pm

I have the MM-2 with 1/2" shaft...works great.

lars · Post by **lars** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:20 pm

I have a Crank and Stein. It works great, and has for several years.

oc eric · Post by **oc eric** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:49 pm

I use the Barley Crusher "at home" as well as the shop. Works well for me.

BARL Brewing · Post by **BARL Brewing** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:19 am

Whats the advantage to having 3 rollers vs 2?

BrewMasterBrad · Post by **BrewMasterBrad** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:35 am

BARL Brewing wrote:Whats the advantage to having 3 rollers vs 2?

A more consistant crush and you can run the mill faster without worrying about shredding vs. crushing the grain.

JonGoku · Post by **JonGoku** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:04 am

I'd never seen one and so was having a hard time picturing how it worked until I found this page.

LINK: http://www.danagri-3s.com/mandm_rollermills.html

Danagri Website wrote:With only 2 rollers fitted, the larger ingredients can become isolated on the rollers, rotating with them and remaining uncrushed. This prevents other ingredients from being able to pass through the rollers and therefore reducing speed and capacity. The third roller, set away a little more than the others and fully adjustable, catches the larger ingredients and pre-crushes them, thereby helping to maintain a fast processing time and ensuring the machine works at its optimum efficiency.

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