Grain preconditioning advice anybody?

[Madchester7]

I'm looking for info on how to precondition my grain before I mill them and what specific effects preconditioning has apart from keeping the grain more intact after milling. Cheers:hat:

 

[MyQul]

What exactly do you mean by precondition?

 

[Madchester7]

Steaming the grains before crushing to achieve a fine crush whilst keeping the husks more intact

 

[Simonh82]

I used this technique. It worked well although I didn't find any significant differences with my BIAB system.

No steam needed, just a spray bottle.

 

[Covrich]

I wasn't even aware of this.. The only preconditioning I use is to shout "come on lads brrriiiing it ooon" before tearing the bag open and pouring into my hopper.

Sometimes do a Haka aswell

 

[TheRedDarren]

I wasn't even aware of this.. The only preconditioning I use is to shout "come on lads brrriiiing it ooon" before tearing the bag open and pouring into my hopper.

Sometimes do a Haka aswell

Since belting out the pre battle speech by Wallace from Braveheart whilst milling, my efficiency has jumped by 2.7%

 

[Madchester7]

I was hoping preconditioning might help stop my Grainfather getting bunged up with **** and stopping the pump from working the chiller

 

[DoctorMick]

I was hoping preconditioning might help stop my Grainfather getting bunged up with **** and stopping the pump from working the chiller

Unless your crush is too fine (which would probably cause a stuck sparge) I doubt it'll be the grain blocking the filter, more likely hops if you're using pellets without a spider or hop socks?

 

[Madchester7]

Unless your crush is too fine (which would probably cause a stuck sparge) I doubt it'll be the grain blocking the filter, more likely hops if you're using pellets without a spider or hop socks?

I have a 300 micron hop spider it's not hops. It's grain husks that seem to be clogging the filter up. I could probably build something better than the Grainfather myself.

 

[Simonh82]

Grain conditioning could definitely help. When I tried it it left the husks in much better shape, so I think it would provide a better launter in most systems. As I BIAB it doesn't really seem to make much difference as I can just squeeze the **** out of the bag.

I gave up after a couple of goes as I it was adding 15 minutes to an already long process.

Give it a try and see if it helps.

 

[DoctorMick]

I have a 300 micron hop spider it's not hops. It's grain husks that seem to be clogging the filter up. I could probably build something better than the Grainfather myself.

The husks shouldn't get out of the basket? What width is your mill set to? I think about 1.5 is recommended for a GF.