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I understand that BIAB mash efficiency can be improved with small mill spacing. I'd like suggestions for best mill spacing and bag microns. Thanks.
I was getting kind of frustrated with my old 2 roller mill, like yours, the wheels were worn, getting stuck frequently and often I had to double crush. it was only a few bucks - I used gift cards to buy it, but it was taking me longer and longer to get it and when I checked online I got mixed reviews on 2 roller, 3 roller, big rollers... I treated myself for Christmas and bought a Spike mill.... I milled into a couple of containers with the rollers set at about .060 and it ran through beautifully. Then I set up my mill over the mash tun as usual and set the rollers to .035 as usual. Again, it blew right through the grain without jamming once.
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Nice!I was getting kind of frustrated with my old 2 roller mill, like yours, the wheels were worn, getting stuck frequently and often I had to double crush. it was only a few bucks - I used gift cards to buy it, but it was taking me longer and longer to get it and when I checked online I got mixed reviews on 2 roller, 3 roller, big rollers... I treated myself for Christmas and bought a Spike mill.
FFS that thing is fast. Literally I can crush 12 pounds of malt in less than 2 minutes. Ok 5 minutes if you count finding the bucket, plastic bag liner, mounting the mill, plugging it in, turning it on and milling the grains. It was NOT cheap by any stretch of the imagination. But it is easily 3 times faster than my Amazon sourced 2 roller mill when it was brand new.
The only time I have to mess with it is for different sized grains. I’m sure there are lesser priced options that will work, but I figured in for a penny, in for a pound.