I checked to see if there was already a thread on this. There was! Uh, from 2012. So I'm going to ask here. Not the usual "anyone used this?" stuff, though. I already finished the beer, so yes, someone has used it. Namely, me. Question is this: Anyone ever experienced a malt that simply will not go through your mill? This stuff just bounced around on top of the rollers. I'd stop my drill, reach in like an idiot who doesn't want to keep his fingers and swirl it around atop the rollers, back up the drill, start again, and it would work for about 5 seconds then just bounce around again. I have never had a grain do that, and wondered if anyone had experienced that with any grain, or with this one in particular. Yes, in retrospect I probably should have wet the grain a bit and tried it again. That did not occur to me at the time. It took me 30 minutes to crush 10 pounds in my BarleyCrusher. FYI, the malt itself is fine for a pilsener. A little grainy, not as "continental" tasting as Weyermann, but definitely different than Briess. Combined with Diamond lager dry, it made a decent Bavarian pils.
I have used it. I confess I don't recall this problem. I do remember liking it. Probably a Kolsch, if I had to guess (and I do because I do not have beersmith on this device).
I’ve never experienced it before. I kind of doubt it’s a common thing. I might’ve just gotten some that was extra dry or something. I’m mainly just curious if it truly was a one-off thing. I mean, that entire brew day was a disaster anyway, yet the beer turned out fine.
I have recently experienced the same problem but it was unrelated to the malster. The free-spinning roller would not "catch" the grain as the driven roller drove the kernels. In my case it was extra friction in the bearing that prevented the roller from easily turning . . . just like you, sometimes it would catch but required lots of fiddling around to finish. My corrective action was to "lube" the bearing points, used olive oil dispensed through a pipette to let 'er spin. So, suggest you test the non-driven roller for ease of movement. My experience with BestMaltz has been good.
Interesting. Just by moving it around with my fingers trying to correct the problem, the free one spun fine. But it’s not going to hurt to try that.
I have the problem all the time and regardless of brand of malt... I will have to try what PortLargo suggests. I typically can keep momentum going though so not quite as bad as what you stated. But have randomly lost grip part way through a grand and then have to worm my hand down and try to force grain to be caught by both rolls.
