Grain Mills

[Jez]

PP

I think the Grumpy's Marga Mill is now about $160.

Not so attractive at that price.

Jez

 

[Airgead]

I picked up a crankandstein (2 roller) on ebay last year and I have to say its probably the best bit of brewing gear I own. It does a great job. I find the husks are kept intact even with a very fine crush so I have mine set to .7mm which gets me good efficiency and no stuck sparges so far (though I'm sure I have just jinxed myself).

Building the base and hopper was pretty simple even for an incompetent like me.

Cheers
Dave

 

[dicko]

Nice one Dicko how much time to crush 5 kilo of grain ?

Engineering Blue 'Noice'

Pumpy

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Pumpy,
I have my mill deliberately geared to 120 RPM so as not to cause any husk shreading and at that speed it does 10 kg of grain in approx 4 1/2 mins.
The manufacturer recommends 200 rpm from memory but I am of the opinion that there are lots of minutes in a brew day and I have allways got other things to do while the grain is being milled.
Speed of crushing to me, is not an issue.
BTW the hopper holds 12kg.
Cheers

 

[tangent]

just saw the italian marga at gaganis for $96

 

[wee stu]

just saw the italian marga at gaganis for $96

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Even at that price, the porket at about $60 from Brewmaker at Holden Hill looks attractive to me.

(Do I look Scottish in this post???)

 

[tangent]

Yes
i think Gaganis have them as well Stu. We'd better do a price check.

 

[Stoodoo]

I was lucky enough to borrow a Maltmill from my Brothers' workmate. I must admit I have never seen any other mills in the flesh, however I have tried several all grain beers that this guy has brewed, that were an absolute taste sensation. I tasted his pilsener side by side with pilsner urquell - they tasted identical! The ONLY difference that I noted was that the home brewed pilsener held its head longer (everyone I know is sick of me going on about his pilsener). Anyhow, back on topic - the grain mill obviously does the job, looks to be of very high quality (I think the owner has had it for a few years or more now). Here is a link to it: http://schmidling.netfirms.com/maltmill.htm

I am currently looking at buying a grain mill as well, and will probably buy one of these grain mills. I think the rough price of getting one of these mills is around $200 or thereabouts (inc postage). Will let you know how much when I find out.

Cheers

 

[Jazman]

I Love my Barley crusher i got from the usa great service ,and i was lucky to have some one pick it up in the usa for me
also too u can order the bc mill with out the hopper and base so i made my hoper out of s/s and found a bit of scrap 2mm galve i used for the base from

But then being a sheety helps
i think my mill cost me less than 140 aud at the time including del to the other side of the usa

 

[poppa joe]

Tangent...
could not see this thing i got being $20.00 new.....Dunno what to call it
Stands about 300mm Handle would be the same..With about a 100mm throat...Two swirly plates with an adjustment and lock...Done a test today and it seems to work OK..But i am not into AG at moment..Seems
to work as fast as you pull the handle.....
cheers
PJ

 

[wee stu]

Sounds like a porkert or corona to me PJ .

Best mills made the "other" side of the Rio Grande. Best new price I know is about $60, but once Tangent gets bargaining at Gaganis, who knows

I have now made some 30 AGs with one of the little blighters. You need to become one with it before it will work properly :blink:

But, once you are as one, it will do the job. And, you get excerise to boot.

Mind you, I am still first in the queue for another Adelaide brewer's BC when he finally upgrades to a Krank. Just don't tell anyone I admitted that.

 

[poppa joe]

thanks WEE STU
Brand is HUSQVARNA...WHO CARES ANYWAY... Have a picture of one in a Dave Miller Brewing book....But Porket ...Corona...Whats the diff.????
You being a two Porket fella an all...Seems like it will do all i want...for now..At my age i will need some one to crank it..If i put more than 500gms in...
Cheers
PJ

 

[wee stu]

At my age i will need some one to crank it..

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I'm old fashioned. I like to crank my own mill.


But, now that I come to think about it...........

 

[poppa joe]

wee stu
You might be OLD FASHIONED......BUT>>>>
ARE U AS OLD AS ME.?????????
I am a week younger than PEARL HARBOUR.....
And 4 yrs younger than my car.......
Cheers
PJ

 

[wee stu]

wee stu
You might be OLD FASHIONED......BUT>>>>
ARE U AS OLD AS ME.?????????
I am a week younger than PEARL HARBOUR.....
And 4 yrs younger than my car.......
Cheers
PJ

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You are never too old to all grain

 

[poppa joe]

WEE STU
As a person with a surname beginning with Mc.....The heritage is there .
Never say die...But with the mill and a few other things piecing together bit by bit.......Going down the path to AG....Got enough bits n pieces now to do small batches...Getting the ingredients where i am is the problem....Have a small hardware shop who has just got an in to ESB and ordering from him....Will be giving it a go shortly..
Cheers
PJ

 

[PistolPatch]

BigD has advised that The Barley Crusher is no longer avail, in NSW so emailed them in U.S.A. Today's delivery times and prices in Australian dollars are as follows:

Barley Crusher with 15 Pound Hopper - Surface Mail (4-6wks) $227.50 or Air Mail (4-10days) $278.50

I asked for 7 pund hopper prices as well but they forgot to supply these prices. Assuming shipping costs are the same, the 7 Pound mill would be $196.20 (surface) and $247.20 (air).

Thanks Jez and others for the info above. When I started this thread I didn't know any of the above brand names or how expensive these things were. I think I'll wait for BrissyBrew to perform some magic.

I went to Allstart's to crush my grain yesterday and he had a 3 mill Crankendstein which was somewhere around $275-$300 from memory. No idea what model this is. Maybe I'll just keep going to his place, drink his top beer and listen to his great stories! (Thanks a heap Allstart :beer Unfortunately, due to a freeway pile-up it took an hour and a half to get home.

Thanks again,
PP

 

[tangent]

Best mills made the "other" side of the Rio Grande.

Now I would have thought a decent roller mill costing ~$300 from the States would be cheaper from somewhere over the Yangtze.

 

[wee stu]

Best mills made the "other" side of the Rio Grande.

Now I would have thought a decent roller mill costing ~$300 from the States would be cheaper from somewhere over the Yangtze.

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My porkert is from Brazil.

And my geography is......................... abysmal

 

[Steve]

Any news on the mills Brissybrew?
Cheers
Steve

 

[WildaYeast]

Hi All,

Was doing a bit of idle browsing and checked on the St Pats site, which had great stuff till they wound up the beer stuff a while back -- I caught the tail end of the closeouts, from a picture of an Aussie HB setup with a St Pats counterflow cooler.

In any event, thought I'd check to see if they had finally sold all of their grain mills. They have. Wish I'd had the money when I first saw them. I think it was pretty good value for $$:

http://www.stpats.com/mills.htm

In any event, that led me to a quick search and I came up with the beauty below -- available in Australia. As I have been a "craft baker" (sourdough) for some time, I have looked at grain mills before and don't remember finding these guys. Also, nothing on AHB based on a search. So, maybe a new player. Not cheap, but you have to admire the bling factor that makes you hope the engineering is as good as the looks.

http://www.schnitzer.com.au/index.htm

Cheers, Brian