deebee
The Bludgeon Brewery
- Joined
- 12/6/03
- Messages
- 1,174
- Reaction score
- 0
I got to talking to a friend at work about homebrewing because her son has been into it for years but now lives on the other side of the continent. She mentioned that he had left his gear at her house. I recently had need for a grain mill and asked if I could borrow his. She has given me two mills on long-term loan.
One is a philmill with one roller and it works well. I just fitted my cordless to it and cracked a kilo of specialty grain in a matter of seconds. I may well stick to this when it comes to cracking some base malt. Adjusting the crush may be a trick of trial and error but should sort it out. Any tips from philmill owners?
The other one has no name on it but looks like a mincer. The hopper feeds the grain down into a channel where an archimedes screw pushes it along and out between two knurled plates, one of which grinds against the other. I've never seen anything like it, but it is apparently the ducks guts and the owner's pride and joy. It was bought in San Francisco and lovingly lugged back on hand luggage setting off a few metal detectors in its wake.
Anyone know what this second one is? Any reason why I should use it in preference to the philmill which seems to work well?
Quite excited and looking forward to buying a bag of base malt and doing a few more part mashes. Might even do me a few 10 litre full mash brews.
One is a philmill with one roller and it works well. I just fitted my cordless to it and cracked a kilo of specialty grain in a matter of seconds. I may well stick to this when it comes to cracking some base malt. Adjusting the crush may be a trick of trial and error but should sort it out. Any tips from philmill owners?
The other one has no name on it but looks like a mincer. The hopper feeds the grain down into a channel where an archimedes screw pushes it along and out between two knurled plates, one of which grinds against the other. I've never seen anything like it, but it is apparently the ducks guts and the owner's pride and joy. It was bought in San Francisco and lovingly lugged back on hand luggage setting off a few metal detectors in its wake.
Anyone know what this second one is? Any reason why I should use it in preference to the philmill which seems to work well?
Quite excited and looking forward to buying a bag of base malt and doing a few more part mashes. Might even do me a few 10 litre full mash brews.