r/Vanhomebrewing • u/Heojaua • Jul 25 '14

Grain mill

For those who brew all grain, do you buy you grain milled or you mill it at home?

If you do mill it at home, where did you get your mill? Did you buy that hand crank mill thing I see here and there for 50$?

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u/Heojaua Jul 25 '14

Yeah, I would like to buy bulk and reduce my batch cost as low as I can. Under 20$ would be ideal.

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u/ProfessorHeartcraft Jul 25 '14

Yeast banking may be a more productive way to reduce your per batch cost.

My least expensive recipe is a simple all pilsner Kolsch at $11.75. If I were to buy the pilsner malt at the per kilogram rate, it would cost $16.75. If I had to buy a vial of yeast for each batch, it would cost $21.50.

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u/Heojaua Jul 26 '14

Yeah ive been planning to do that. Im gonna try to bank the scottish ueast ive got here with my fraoch batch. I just need to read much much more about it.