Looking to build a grain mill for our 5BBL brewery, and have some interesting opportunities / possible snags ahead. Details to each area of concern I have is below.
1) We're planning to mill our grains from the floor above the mash tun, and using gravity will mill and feed the grist into our dry mash tun below. From there we will fill, hydrate, and mash in from below rather than above. Feedback from Stout says a few of their brewers do this with good results. Anyone have experience in either of these areas?
2) (see picture below as your read) I've sourced parts for a plastic, conical inductor tank (will be used for grain hopper) that will hopefully hold a couple bags of malt at one time. From there, we'll feed the grain into the mill, and will drop into another hopper below that will be connected to process piping where the grist will make its way down to the mash tun.
I'm wondering what your feedback is for this design. Very early stages. All-in, I'm looking at $800 for the build. Still need to source a few small parts and the piping though.
Thanks.
1) We're planning to mill our grains from the floor above the mash tun, and using gravity will mill and feed the grist into our dry mash tun below. From there we will fill, hydrate, and mash in from below rather than above. Feedback from Stout says a few of their brewers do this with good results. Anyone have experience in either of these areas?
2) (see picture below as your read) I've sourced parts for a plastic, conical inductor tank (will be used for grain hopper) that will hopefully hold a couple bags of malt at one time. From there, we'll feed the grain into the mill, and will drop into another hopper below that will be connected to process piping where the grist will make its way down to the mash tun.
I'm wondering what your feedback is for this design. Very early stages. All-in, I'm looking at $800 for the build. Still need to source a few small parts and the piping though.
Thanks.
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