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Date: 05 Oct 2006 17:19:31
From: Gerard Eberlein
Subject: rolling pin crushing
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I'm short on cash and moving, I cannot afford a mill and the LHBS there
sells specialty grains but have no mill for crushing. The owner said he
knows people who just use a gallon bag, seal it and use a rolling pin to
crush the grains. Anyone done/do this? Is it effective? Thanx in advance.
Gerard
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Date: 05 Oct 2006 21:14:47
From: David M. Taylor
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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"Gerard Eberlein" <dormouse@charter.net > wrote in message
news:GFeVg.28$MG.3@newsfe02.lga...
> I'm short on cash and moving, I cannot afford a mill and the LHBS there
> sells specialty grains but have no mill for crushing. The owner said he
> knows people who just use a gallon bag, seal it and use a rolling pin to
> crush the grains. Anyone done/do this? Is it effective? Thanx in advance.
I brew all-grain and I use my blender for all the crushing. Seriously.
I've done about 10 batches this way. And I still make great beer. Scored a
41 on my Belgian dubbel. Seriously. HOWEVER, I have had astringency
problems with several of my dark brown and black brews (Scotch ale, brown
ale, etc.). I think this is a combination of a pH problem and crushing the
dark grains too fine. From now on, for the dark grains, I plan to just do a
quick tap of the blender, but leave most of the kernels either only
partially broken, or fully intact. Probably don't need to grind these as
much as the other stuff, there's really no starches left to convert or
anything.
For the blender method, I add a scant cup at a time, grind for about 6
seconds at a time (plus or minus), and it turns out pretty damn perfect.
Only had one stuck sparge so far (out of about 10 batches), and that was the
time I purposely overground the grains to see what would happen. I plan to
stick with this method until my wife buys me a mill for Christmas (which
will never happen).
--
Dave
"Just a drink, a little drink, and I'll be feeling GOOooOOooOOooD!" --
Genesis, 1973-ish
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Date: 06 Oct 2006 06:48:13
From: Steve/Aus
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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"David M. Taylor" <dmtaylor@SPAM.geocities.SUCKS.com > wrote in message
news:e%iVg.2363$qc1.1426@newsfe05.lga...
> "Gerard Eberlein" <dormouse@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:GFeVg.28$MG.3@newsfe02.lga...
>I plan to stick with this method until my wife buys me a mill for Christmas
>(which will never happen).
>
Ah, you should come to Australia. We have Christmas once a year here ;-)
Steve W (in Aus)
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Date: 06 Oct 2006 09:54:43
From: Mark R
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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"Steve/Aus" <adlab@bigponddotnetdotau.trashthisbit > wrote in message
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> "David M. Taylor" <dmtaylor@SPAM.geocities.SUCKS.com> wrote in message
> news:e%iVg.2363$qc1.1426@newsfe05.lga...
> > "Gerard Eberlein" <dormouse@charter.net> wrote in message
> > news:GFeVg.28$MG.3@newsfe02.lga...
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> >I plan to stick with this method until my wife buys me a mill for
Christmas
> >(which will never happen).
> >
> Ah, you should come to Australia. We have Christmas once a year here ;-)
> Steve W (in Aus)
Yeah, but Christmas in the summer just isn't as much fun. 114 F in the
shade, Exmouth, WA, Dec 25th 1969. :-(
Mark R
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Date: 06 Oct 2006 00:17:44
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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On Thu, 5 2006 17:19:31 -0400, <dormouse@charter.net > wrote:
> I'm short on cash and moving, I cannot afford a mill and the LHBS there
> sells specialty grains but have no mill for crushing. The owner said he
> knows people who just use a gallon bag, seal it and use a rolling pin to
> crush the grains. Anyone done/do this? Is it effective? Thanx in advance.
It's sort of effective, but very slow/painful for significant
quantities of grain. If you're just talking 1/2 lbs of specialty grain
it would probably work OK. I don't want to think about doing an all
grain batch this way though.
John.
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Date: 05 Oct 2006 20:52:25
From: Gerard Eberlein
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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"John 'Shaggy' Kolesar" <spam@shagg.net > wrote in message
news:slrneib8ca.m74.spam@weizen.shagg.net...
> On Thu, 5 2006 17:19:31 -0400, <dormouse@charter.net> wrote:
> > I'm short on cash and moving, I cannot afford a mill and the LHBS there
> > sells specialty grains but have no mill for crushing. The owner said he
> > knows people who just use a gallon bag, seal it and use a rolling pin to
> > crush the grains. Anyone done/do this? Is it effective? Thanx in
advance.
>
> It's sort of effective, but very slow/painful for significant
> quantities of grain. If you're just talking 1/2 lbs of specialty grain
> it would probably work OK. I don't want to think about doing an all
> grain batch this way though.
>
>
> John.
naw..i only do extract and specialties. Thanx.
Gerard
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Date: 06 Oct 2006 01:43:35
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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On Thu, 5 2006 20:52:25 -0400, <dormouse@charter.net > wrote:
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> "John 'Shaggy' Kolesar" <spam@shagg.net> wrote in message
> news:slrneib8ca.m74.spam@weizen.shagg.net...
>> On Thu, 5 2006 17:19:31 -0400, <dormouse@charter.net> wrote:
>> > I'm short on cash and moving, I cannot afford a mill and the LHBS there
>> > sells specialty grains but have no mill for crushing. The owner said he
>> > knows people who just use a gallon bag, seal it and use a rolling pin to
>> > crush the grains. Anyone done/do this? Is it effective? Thanx in
> advance.
>>
>> It's sort of effective, but very slow/painful for significant
>> quantities of grain. If you're just talking 1/2 lbs of specialty grain
>> it would probably work OK. I don't want to think about doing an all
>> grain batch this way though.
>>
>>
>> John.
>
> naw..i only do extract and specialties. Thanx.
Have you thought about a Corona mill? They're not as nice as a roller
mill, but should be plenty effective for specialty grains and are a lot
cheaper (I've seen them for around $30). That would probably be a lot
easier than doing it with a rolling pin, and would probably give you a
better crush too.
John.
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Date: 06 Oct 2006 13:54:13
From: John Bleichert
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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Gerard Eberlein <dormouse@charter.net > wrote:
> I'm short on cash and moving, I cannot afford a mill and the LHBS there
> sells specialty grains but have no mill for crushing. The owner said he
> knows people who just use a gallon bag, seal it and use a rolling pin to
> crush the grains. Anyone done/do this? Is it effective? Thanx in advance.
>
> Gerard
>
I've cracked grains with a rolling pin *and* with a full 3.3 extract
can. Laborious, but serviceable. It will get you through til you can
get a mill. Don't plan on doing more than about 2 pounds this way
though...
-----------------------------------------------
John Bleichert syborg@earthlink.net
The heat from below can burn your eyes out!!
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Date: 06 Oct 2006 09:41:52
From: jason
Subject: Re: rolling pin crushing
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Gerard Eberlein wrote:
> I'm short on cash and moving, I cannot afford a mill and the LHBS there
> sells specialty grains but have no mill for crushing. The owner said he
> knows people who just use a gallon bag, seal it and use a rolling pin to
> crush the grains. Anyone done/do this? Is it effective? Thanx in advance.
>
> Gerard
>
>
That's what I did before I made the move to all grain and snuck a mill
into the house past the wife. Best advice I saw regarding this method
was grind it until your scared then grind it some more. Using a rolling
pin you wont be grinding it too much. :-)
Jason
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