Grain Crushed Too Thin.

[sponge]

People often refer to Danish people as 'Denmarkians'...



True story. I hear it quite often.

 

[Muscovy_333]

Dont chuck it in, it's a learning opportuntiy. Make the same beer with a coarser crush and see if their really is any problems associated with your own eyes.

Any hobby that includes "hand crank", "overshoot" and "porn" and produces beer as the outcome sounds pretty good to me!

 

[QldKev]

People often refer to Danish people as 'Denmarkians'...



True story. I hear it quite often.

We call them cheese heads :icon_chickcheers:

 

[sponge]

I know when I'm not wanted...


Back to my rock I go :beer:

 

[QldKev]

I know when I'm not wanted...


Back to my rock I go :beer:

Is it warm under the rock h34r:

 

[sponge]

One of the warmest, sir.


It's a balmy 3'C. Might head out for a casual swim if the walk there isn't too hot.

 

[Bizier]

I have just widened the gap of my mill to reduce the amount of flour in my mash. The annoying thing with my 3 roller is that I can't actually see the gap unless I take it apart. I am currently planning to always mash in thin and below gelat temps for better hydration, and hopefully get both good extraction efficiency and clarity with a coarse crush. Of course, the proof will be in the pudding.

 

[Bizier]

Uh huh huh....
Gap...

 

[np1962]

Im pretty sure that if you crush your grain too thin you will smash up the husks releasing tannins and off flavours, minor though, also you create more of a chance of getting chill haze from the same problem.

No, and no. :icon_cheers:

Damn, the world is about to end,
I agree 100% with something Nick posted. :icon_cheers:

 

[loikar]

Damn, the world is about to end,
I agree 100% with something Nick posted. :icon_cheers:

Well, if you stab at it enough times, even though it might end up looking like a blue waffle, sooner or later you're going to get in with a winner.

 

[manticle]

Of course, the proof will be in the pudding.

Whereabouts in the pudding?

Bribie will be very upset with you.

 

[losp]

And let's call the place by it's proper name, The Netherlands.

Holland (North and South) are only two 12 provinces which make up The Netherlands.

A bit like referring to Great Britain as England. Commonly done, but wrong.

Wow, this thread took a funny turn.

warra48 waar komt u vandaan? I think i can guess.


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Thanks again for all the suggestions (the ones that were helpful!)

 

[Screwtop]

If you crush your grain thin, do you end up with thin beer?

Of course!! how else do you think big brewers make 'low carb beer' !!!!!!!!!!!!

Screwy

 

[manticle]

I thought real ales were low carb?

 

[warra48]

Wow, this thread took a funny turn.

warra48 waar komt u vandaan? I think i can guess.


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Thanks again for all the suggestions (the ones that were helpful!)

No guessing! It's clearly shown in my details in every post below my avatar. And yes, the avatar is really me, follically challenged and all, with our dear Pug.

En, ik ben inderdaad van Nederland.

 

[Florian]

I like the way you guys create one word (inderdaad) out of three (in der Tat).

 

[MHB]

QUOTE (Byran @ Jul 16 2012, 09:23 AM)
Im pretty sure that if you crush your grain too thin you will smash up the husks releasing tannins and off flavours, minor though, also you create more of a chance of getting chill haze from the same problem.

QUOTE (Nick JD @ Jul 16 2012, 10:06 AM)
No, and no.

Damn, the world is about to end,
I agree 100% with something Nick posted. :icon_cheers:

Not agreeing entirely, there is a lot more to tannin extraction than just the crack, but if you have tannin extraction issues a bad crush can (and will) often exacerbate them.
You can do a very fine crush without shredding the husks; the quality of your mill will play a big role in this; but saying it isnt/cant be a factor to consider is I believe wrong.
Mash out and sparge water temperature, mineral profile and pH are probably going to be more important.
Mark

 

[mckenry]

No guessing! It's clearly shown in my details in every post below my avatar. And yes, the avatar is really me, follically challenged and all, with our dear Pug.

En, ik ben inderdaad van Nederland.

:icon_offtopic: Hahaha - I never looked closely enough. Its a pug... I thought it was a big camera lense and you were some kind of photography nut...

 

[alcoadam]

:icon_offtopic: Hahaha - I never looked closely enough. Its a pug... I thought it was a big camera lense and you were some kind of photography nut...

I thought it was the bottom of a longneck.... though I'm rarely sober on this site! :drinks:

 

[losp]

No guessing! It's clearly shown in my details in every post below my avatar. And yes, the avatar is really me, follically challenged and all, with our dear Pug.

En, ik ben inderdaad van Nederland.

No, i meant. Well i tiptoed around it but bugger it.
I guessed you were probably from the south because no-one else would bother to correct anyone.