Grain Mill

[Bushy]

So I got a grain mill :-D
I been using the missus food processor to break the grains for the MacWhisky. This has basically broken half and floured the rest. Not anymore :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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This thing is the first step in my all grain journey.
In the background the bubbler's chewin away at the latest MacWhisky. If I wasn't playin pool tonight i might be drunk by now. That stuff is sweeeeeeet.

[Hill]

Nice job bushy, ill post a photo of my mill stand I built, a stand will make life a little easier again for you.

[bayshine]

Yep I got the same one and she works great :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[MacStill]

How long does it take for one of these to grind a bag of barley ?

[wedwards]

10 to 15 mins max for a 25kg bag - worst thing about what you've done (and how I setup mine first as well) is that using it like you have shown you have to hold the drill with one hand and shovel stuff into the top with the other which is annoying. Mount it on a bench so you can set the drill running and just pour it in without stopping all the time, especially for large crushing volumes.

[MacStill]

Drill in a vice with a lacky band on the trigger sounds good, sippin rums 'tween shovel fulls is my style of hard work :D

[Bushy]

Drill in a vice with a lacky band on the trigger sounds good, sippin rums 'tween shovel fulls is my style of hard work :D

Sounds good to me. I just whacked a bit of ply under it so i could see how it goes.
It goes hard :handgestures-thumbupleft: Kilo of malt. "Fark you malt" twenty seconds. At least i think it was twenty seconds. I couldn't time it cause i had the drill in one hand and me knob in the other.
Just got home from the eightball. We managed to win our way thru to the grandfinal in a couple of weeks. Might get drunk.........er :-D

Oh! Hilly. Love to see yr mill setup mate. You make good scotch.

[Hill]

Here you go bushy finally found a photo, I use a corded Mikita drill which has a auto trigger so the drill stays on. We originally had a mill like yours but wore it out so upgraded to the beast attached. I'm just about to put a door on as well.

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[tipsy]

I got almost the same as you Hill, mines only a 2 roller.
Mines not set up as well as yours. They're a shit hot mill.

[Hill]

That's a 3 roller mate

[Bushy]

We originally had a mill like yours but wore it out

Farout. I reckon it's gonna take me a while to wear it out. Thanks for the comeback Hilly. I'm still waitin to see Mac's first allgrain whiskey. From there I'll go in one direction or the other with the allgrain. Seriously thinkin of doing a mash I seen on HD. Jimbo's corn wheat malt something or other. Just need to cut the top outta one of me kegs.

[crow]

I have seen these with a Lilly pressed on an ran by an old washing machine motor. If those mills weren't so much I'd have done it ages ago

[wedwards]

Here you go bushy finally found a photo, I use a corded Mikita drill which has a auto trigger so the drill stays on. We originally had a mill like yours but wore it out so upgraded to the beast attached. I'm just about to put a door on as well.

What exactly is the make and model of that one? I'm up for a new one soon and 3 rollers sounds nice

[ticknaylor]

That's a 3 roller mate

Fark hilly your like the all grain king thats a nice mill :D

[tipsy]

That's a 3 roller mate

Yeah, that's why I said 'almost' like yours 8-}
How do you find the grind of the 3 roller?

[Pete8862]

Where do you get the mills from?

[Kimbo]

Hi pete, if you swing by the welcome section and give a brief intro with a general location, our knowledgeable members should be able to steer you in the right direction :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Hill]

The 3 roller is great tipsy, there is heaps of control

[tipsy]

Where do you get the mills from?

http://www.monsterbrewinghardware.com/mm-2.html

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I scored me one of those malt muncher grain mills off Ebay $ 170 to door cheapest i have seen it for a while , So what setting in MM do you grind or crack your grain at ?