[Titanium Brewing]

I figure the Corona mill would be fun to tinker with until I save up for a the real deal. Just another home brewer trying to save a buck.

[dirtyjerzey]

The FedEx Santa just dropped off my new burner!!  

[bluesman]

Christmas present to myself...why that would be the remaining parts required to finish construction of my single tier Brutus 10 brewstand. I'll hopefully be heading up to Philly in a couple weeks to Capozzoli's Metalworks Cafe to utilize the fine welding skills of our very own Capozzoli to put the finishing touches on the brewstand.  

[tomsawyer]

I figure the Corona mill would be fun to tinker with until I save up for a the real deal. Just another home brewer trying to save a buck.

I used one for a few years.  I typcially do half batches and even then it was a chore to crank through 5-6lb of malt, but I generally got a good looking crush.  conditioning the malt prior to crushing helped keep the husks intact.

It also works well for unmalted grains (like wheat) that are pretty hard on a roller mill.

And back to the topic, I got a small freezer for a fermentation chamber a few days ago.  My first fermentation is going now, an alt at 56F.

[phillamb168]

I figure the Corona mill would be fun to tinker with until I save up for a the real deal. Just another home brewer trying to save a buck.

I used one for a few years.  I typcially do half batches and even then it was a chore to crank through 5-6lb of malt, but I generally got a good looking crush.  conditioning the malt prior to crushing helped keep the husks intact.

It also works well for unmalted grains (like wheat) that are pretty hard on a roller mill.

And back to the topic, I got a small freezer for a fermentation chamber a few days ago.  My first fermentation is going now, an alt at 56F.

How do you do the conditioning of the malt beforehand? That's new to me...

[tygo]

How do you do the conditioning of the malt beforehand? That's new to me...

You spray some water on the malt and mix it in to rehydrate the husks.

http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php/Malt_Conditioning