I am looking at purchasing a 3-roller mill. I do not need a new mill. My current mill gets the job done. I just have a bad case of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) after visiting NHC.
With that said does anyone own a Crankandstein 3D or a Monster Brewing Hardware MM3? I know that the MM3 is derived from the Crankandstein 3-roller mill, so we can skip that soap opera. I like the MM3 hopper, but the third roller on the 3D has a less aggressive knurl.
I enjoy my Monster Mill 3. I wish they had the 2.0s when i purchased but thems the breaks. The 2.0 is easier to adjust and should slip less then the MM3. I bought stainless but its probably overkill unless you are gonna wet mill or are in a moist climate. They get an a+ in my book. Make sure you get the shaft upgrade.
I wound up ordering a standard MM3, which is complete overkill for my needs. My standard post-boil kettle volume size is 3.65 to 3.75 gallons. I mill 5 to 8 pounds of malt most of the a time with the occasional 10 to 13 pound 6-gallon batch.
As I stated above, this purchase is more of a want than a need. I already own a fixed-gap Schmidling Malt Mill. I like the look of the 3-roller mill crush. A 3-roller mill definitely leaves more husk material in tact than a 2-roller mill, which a big plus when continuous sparging. Plus, today was the last day to take advantage of NHC show pricing.
I have the MM3. I love it. So much of a better crush than I see others get. It really does a good job of seperating husk from meat. I did have a friend at a brewery order it for me at ‘brewery’ price though… so that helped quite a bit when I bought it 3 years ago.
Hi everyone,
I’ve only been brewing for a couple of years and am pretty new to this forum. Never attended NHC, sadly. Is it typical for vendors to offer discount codes at the conferene? Just out of curiosity, what kind of discount was MM offering this year?
Some have discounts. Some will sell the display items when they are picking up, so they don’t have to ship/haul them back. Saw one guy pull out a wad of cash to buy a 55 gallon pot just before close (don’t know his savings). The MM was a 10% discount. Many of the online HBS have discount codes that you can use. Not a bad deal for conference goers.
No problem, I made the purchase yesterday. Jeff and I purchased the same mill coming from the same mill. I have used a non-adjustable Schmidling Malt Mill since I started brewing all-grain beer in 1993; therefore, this mill will be a big change for me. I hope that I do not regret getting an adjustable mill because the non-adjustable Malt Mill is stupid proof.
I made the mistake of thinking I could “session” that “session IPA”. Nothing quite like sitting through a highly technical seminar with an accidental day buzz…
haha well you can mill too fine or not enough… It will likely have an ‘adjustment’ period… One place to start though would be to measure the gap on your old mill and start with the same gap on the MM. I don’t know the gap on mine… but I never change it… and it has never loosened… But it’s pretty tight… I find it does a good job of crushing everything and still leaving enough husk with no tannins in the resulting beer… It’s narrow enough that I don’t feel the need to adjust it when I use wheat malt.