Rate my crack!

[scooterism]

Hi all, for my birfday I treated myself to a new fancy Millmaster mini mash mill.

It's quite well made and so far I like it.

I made myself a base board, hopper and crank handle, just until I get some spare funds for a MD motor etc.

Anyways, I set gap of .9mm and ran some ale malt thru,

Look ok?

 

[Adr_0]

Nice crack. And the grain crush looks alright too *bu-dum chh*

You could probably go a little finer. It depends on your system - recirc? - and the weight of grain you're going to use.

 

[pnorkle]

You could probably go a little finer. It depends on your system - recirc? - and the weight of grain you're going to use.

Agreed - looks like you could go a little finer, although it's not always easy to tell from a photo.

 

[manticle]

Looks fine - as long as the external kernel is cracked, you'll be right. Don't expect all grains to act the same though. May need to adjust for different types and different brands to get the same effect. Any whole looking kernels should break apart when rubbed with fingers, the bulk should look like rough crushed nuts and a bit (not heaps) of flour is ok. BIAB can be finer but I still wouldn't go crushing the **** out of it if that's your process.

 

[TSMill]

Did you buy a full sack of grain, and if so are you looking to have your sack rated as well?

 

[mstrelan]

And if you have a hop back we could rate your back, sack and crack.

 

[earle]

This is sad. We need more female brewers.

 

[LAGERFRENZY]

Just to backtrack were you wearing tracky dacks when you cracked? If so how much backcrack?

 

[TSMill]

This is sad. We need more female brewers.

Rate some (beer) jugs?

 

[wobbly]

With posts like the above and similar stuff on other threads you don't have to have a degree in rocket science to know why there are very few if any female members/posters on this forum

Wobbly

 

[peteru]

No, check the gap.

 

[TSMill]

Sorry mate, has anything sexist been said here, or are you just the self appointed arbiter or what women can and cannot handle on the internet?

Leave the righteous indignation on Facebook, where it belongs.

 

[mtb]

With posts like the above and similar stuff on other threads you don't have to have a degree in rocket science to know why there are very few if any female members/posters on this forum

Wobbly

Yeah, most females don't brew. I'd hardly expect some butt jokes to actually deter a potential female member.

 

[Rocker1986]

Rocket science has nothing to do with female psychology anyway.

As for the grains, they look pretty good. Not too dissimilar to the way I crush mine; I BIAB but find a coarse crush like to be the best. I have the same mill but only one fluted roller as it's older, there's a big thread on the issues with the old rollers. Bloody good unit though.

 

[scooterism]

I run a 3V rig.

So from the comments above, my grains are a little coarse to good.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I am not even going top mention making the grain moist before you have a crack

 

[sp0rk]

I am not even going top mention making the grain moist before you have a crack

mentioned wetting grain
REPORTED!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

moist

 

[earle]

 

[Yob]

I was hoping, when I read the title, that Cocko started this thread..