What kind of mill?

Blancaster · Post by **Blancaster** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:58 pm

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.

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Jam095 · Post by **Jam095** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:49 pm

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.

sirgiovanni · Post by **sirgiovanni** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:03 am

Captain Crush

john mills · Post by **john mills** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:43 am

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.

Jam095 · Post by **Jam095** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:21 am

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

SkyBrew · Post by **SkyBrew** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:24 pm

I've got a barley crusher, no problems with it that I've noticed

Don · Post by **Don** » Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:30 am

I had a Barley Crusher for years then @ a year ago I went to the Captain Crush.

Blancaster · Post by **Blancaster** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:38 am

What do you guys think about the captain crush? Reviews online are pretty mixed.

sirgiovanni · Post by **sirgiovanni** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:45 pm

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.

Don · Post by **Don** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:14 am

I just milled 26# of grains for my BarleyWine using my Captain Crush, worked great with factory settings.

SkyBrew · Post by **SkyBrew** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:52 pm

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?

KennyPurcell · Post by **KennyPurcell** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:35 pm

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

SkyBrew · Post by **SkyBrew** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:51 pm

ha that guy spent $180

KennyPurcell · Post by **KennyPurcell** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:28 pm

Well all you said was less than $200!

wuertzBräu · Post by **wuertzBräu** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:13 pm

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.

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