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What kind of mill?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:58 pm
by Blancaster
Was just curious as to what grain mill everyone uses. I have a barley crusher, but I'm not real happy with it. I'm thinking about purchasing another type.
Brandon
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Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:49 pm
by Jam095
http://www.crankandstein.net/index.php? ... ducts_id=7
I use the CRANKANDSTEIN 3D. It is a beast! We bought the base and hopper to go along with it, and I highly recommend them. I use a drill on mine, and it burns thru approx. 5 lbs. a minute. Probably my favorite piece of home brew equipment! Not cheap though. Luckily my brother and I split ours.
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:03 am
by sirgiovanni
Captain Crush
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:43 am
by john mills
My home mill is a Valley Malt Mill from Canada. Good luck finding 1. The guy that built them only made them for a year or 2. Sold enough he retired.
Carson's has an all stainless, gear driven Schmidling malt mill. Powered by an undersized 1/4 HP belt drive motor. It's a pain. Rollers like to move messing up gap from time to time.
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:21 am
by Jam095
john mills wrote:My home mill is a Valley Malt Mill from Canada. Good luck finding 1. The guy that built them only made them for a year or 2. Sold enough he retired.
Carson's has an all stainless, gear driven Schmidling malt mill. Powered by an undersized 1/4 HP belt drive motor. It's a pain. Rollers like to move messing up gap from time to time.
John, perhaps I should stop by so we can discuss motors over a beer soon
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:24 pm
by SkyBrew
I've got a barley crusher, no problems with it that I've noticed
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:30 am
by Don
I had a Barley Crusher for years then @ a year ago I went to the Captain Crush.
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:38 am
by Blancaster
What do you guys think about the captain crush? Reviews online are pretty mixed.
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:45 pm
by sirgiovanni
My personal feel is that captain crush is an improvement due to the roller design. It's made more like an industrial mill from what I've seen. it also has a large hopper. I've had about every mill on the market and this is by far my fav.
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:14 am
by Don
I just milled 26# of grains for my BarleyWine using my Captain Crush, worked great with factory settings.
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:52 pm
by SkyBrew
has anybody seen this before?
https://www.williamsbrewing.com/DOUBLE- ... P4176.aspx
its a kit for making a motorized mill. Anybody have any advice for making one of these babies for less then $200?
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:35 pm
by KennyPurcell
This is the site I had bookmarked with this future project in mind. Seems like finding a motor without breaking the bank is the main hurdle.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=490724
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:51 pm
by SkyBrew
ha that guy spent $180
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:28 pm
by KennyPurcell
Well all you said was less than $200!
Re: What kind of mill?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:13 pm
by wuertzBräu
Mount an old drill on a board, rubber band the trigger down, and then plug it into an old surge strip for your on/off switch. #ghettofabulous
But seriously, the key would really be to salvage an old inexpensive electric motor of some sort. Maybe add an industrial grade potentiometer for some speed control! I'll keep my eyes peeled.