Minch Pale Malt Crush

[Slid]

I brewed this weekend with a Minch malt. Previous grain brews have been with Crisp Maris Otter.

Is it possible that the Minch malt could have a significantly finer crush? It looked that way and certainly behaved that way in the Grainfather (new toy). I had a few problems with the brew yesterday and on reflection, I feel that the CMO crush may have been a bit thick (for my new toy) - as the sparge water ran through very quickly - and the Minch crush a bit fine, as the sparge took 2 or 3 times as long and never really seemed to finish.

I think there are suppliers who offer different crushes. What might be most suitable for using in a Grainfather, anyone?

 

[Niman]

Cant answer your question as i mill my own.

Where you points over your expected figures?

 

[Slid]

Cant answer your question as i mill my own.

Where you points over your expected figures?

That is difficult to answer as the whole brew day was a bit of a disaster:

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62410

Brew Mate says I got 65% Brewhouse efficiency, which seems like a result after losing the tube in the middle again.

 

[MyQul]

Don't know about that particular malt but I've recently been buying Weyermann pale malt (used it twice so far) from geterbrewed and have noticed a significant increase in efficiency. I thought that may be the were crushing it finer but Tony51 has reported the same thing