Can you recommend me a small grain mill for biab 10l brews

[fireworkmaster]

Hi all done a couple of kits and would like to get my hand on a selection of grains / hops so I can get creative , been reading up and from what I can see crushing yourself is better for freshness so I'm looking for a small budget friendly mill , max grain bill wise would be around 2kg from most recipies I've looked at.
Regards
Grumps

 

[An Ankoù]

There are two ways of doing this: get one of the tinned, Chinese things that look like large coffee mills, or you can pay around £100 and get something like a Grain Gorilla. The first type works, but it's labour intensive, messy and difficult to regulate the crush size. The second is worth every penny and will last you a lifetime.

 

[fireworkmaster]

There are two ways of doing this: get one of the tinned, Chinese things that look like large coffee mills, or you can pay around £100 and get something like a Grain Gorilla. The first type works, but it's labour intensive, messy and difficult to regulate the crush size. The second is worth every penny and will last you a lifetime.

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Will look at the grain gorilla but I fear it's outside my budget

 

[An Ankoù]

Will look at the grain gorilla but I fear it's outside my budget

Winter's coming!
Sorry, I mean Christmas.

 

[fireworkmaster]

Winter's coming!
Sorry, I mean Christmas.

Hmmm

 

[An Ankoù]

Hmmm

Wish I were a bit closer. I've got two of the cheaper ones: one I bought and one someone gave me. Both redundant. But, they're far from useless and I used one for a couple of years, It takes ages to grind down a 5Kg load, but 2 Kg might be easier.

 

[fireworkmaster]

Wish I were a bit closer. I've got two of the cheaper ones: one I bought and one someone gave me. Both redundant. But, they're far from useless and I used one for a couple of years, It takes ages to grind down a 5Kg load, but 2 Kg might be easier.

Which one of the cheaper type is it , if you have used and it works all be it slow I might have to get a lower budget one as I think my good lady has been efficient and already given Santa my Christmas pressy.

 

[gyurmaember]

Avoid from the bulldog ones.

 

[MickDundee]

Avoid from the bulldog ones.

This. I hated mine, didn’t help that I ruined it from using the drill in it, but a better mill probably wouldn’t have got ruined.

I upgraded to the Grainfather mill just over a year ago and it’s fantastic. Not cheap but I’m hoping it’ll last me a long time.

 

[Cwrw666]

The cheap grinders work fine. I do 20 L brews and find I have time to weigh out and grind all my grains in the time it takes to heat the water to mash temperature. Best for BIAB as you get a lot of fine flour.

 

[Redgrave_3]

If the only reason for getting a mill is to experiment with recipe creation you can order pre-crushed recipes of your design from geterbrewed, malt miller and I think now cross my loof too. Not trying to put you off getting a mill, I can see the advantages of buying base malt in bulk and always having grain on hand, but thought I would mention in case you were thinking the only way to create your own recipes was using one.

 

[Braufather]

If you are just getting in to all grain I’d say there are other areas to focus on first. a lot of experienced brewers still but pre crush. So there are no issues with it. I’ve been brewing 5 years without one. That said I do have my eye on the grainfather mill