Weighing grain?

[MagnusTS]

How do folks weigh their grain?

I use bathroom scales, but they annoyingly switch themselves off while I am half way through shovelling out the the grain.

And with a bucket that is big enough to hold 5Kg of grain sitting on the scales I can't see the reading.

 

[pvt_ak]

Normal kitchen scales . Weigh in 2kg batches and chuck it into a bigger bucket !
Gets a bit dusty in the kitchen !


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[MagnusTS]

Normal kitchen scales . Weigh in 2kg batches and chuck it into a bigger bucket !
Gets a bit dusty in the kitchen !


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Thanks, good plan.
You're not joking about the grain dust.
I am looking like Dusty Miller as I type this. :)

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
Kitchen scales, also, in batches.

 

[chub1]

Kitchen scales

 

[MickDundee]

I buy all mine pre-weighed in GEB custom grain kits because I’m a lazy git!

 

[MagnusTS]

Hi!
Kitchen scales, also, in batches.

It seems so obvious now you mention it.

My brain definitely not working this morning. Must have got up too early.

I was scrabbling about moving grain around to try to see through the bottom of my plastic bucket to read the weight off the scales underneath.

Then the scales timed out and switched themselves off and I had to start again.

Then I got an error message as I got to 5Kg (the max weight for my kitchen scales as it turns out).

Deep breath... Batches on scales, into bigger bucket.
All under control now, and mash under way.

Thanks both!

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi!
Re: dust issue. I condition the grain before milling. This reduces the amount of "dust" flying about to virtually zero.

 

[pvt_ak]

Hi!
Re: dust issue. I condition the grain before milling. This reduces the amount of "dust" flying about to virtually zero.

Dumb question - how do you condition the grain ?


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[Bigcol49]

Dumb question - how do you condition the grain?

Hi!
There are no dumb questions on this forum.
This is a page about grain conditioning.
Basically, "damp" the grain, wait half an hour and then mill the grain.
You can put a tighter crush on your mill because the husks are broken open without tearing them to pieces.
I use a different way of weighing the water - put the spray bottle on the kitchen scales, zero the display and carefully pour in the correct weight of water.

 

[_jon_]

I use postal scales from beerhawk.co.uk. They're great. Very precise, a range of measurements and the front section detaches so that no matter how big the bucket, you can read the display.

Just realised it's probably easier to throw a link...

https://www.beerhawk.co.uk/ultraship-35-digital-scale

 

[Batlugs]

I have digital fishing scales hanging from a hook in the brew shed, the grain goes into a black builders bucket. Works well for me.


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[pvt_ak]

Hi!
There are no dumb questions on this forum.
This is a page about grain conditioning.
Basically, "damp" the grain, wait half an hour and then mill the grain.
You can put a tighter crush on your mill because the husks are broken open without tearing them to pieces.
I use a different way of weighing the water - put the spray bottle on the kitchen scales, zero the display and carefully pour in the correct weight of water.

Genius !! Ta !


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[Bigcol49]

Hi!
@_jon_ mentioned these scales - the photo clearly shows how the display unit can be moved away from the weighing platform.

 

[joe 90]

a one litre plastic measuring jug holds half a kilo of grain so two scoops is one kilo ten scoops is five kilos and so on:thumb: