I feel like this is a post I should have made a long time ago. I know there are a handful of threads on this already, but I expected to find a thread hundreds of pages long where people post their crush to have it looked at by experts, but no such luck.
I used to have my cereal killer mill tightened down to the smallest gap, but after a few dozen batches I found myself chasing down the source of an unpleasant bitter husk flavor, and tweaked a bunch of things before finally trying a wider mill gap.
I'm a single-vessel BIAB brewer, and the crush should have occurred to me sooner as a potential cause, but nevertheless here we are. My beers are much better now with a wider mill gap (credit card thickness) and I didn't even notice a decrease in my mash efficiency.
Anyway, in due diligence I'm posting a pic of my latest grain bill, 15 pounds of pale, pilsner and a bit of Munich malt that is going into a tripel tomorrow, just in case anyone sees anything wrong with the appearance, just as a gut-check.
Cheers.
I used to have my cereal killer mill tightened down to the smallest gap, but after a few dozen batches I found myself chasing down the source of an unpleasant bitter husk flavor, and tweaked a bunch of things before finally trying a wider mill gap.
I'm a single-vessel BIAB brewer, and the crush should have occurred to me sooner as a potential cause, but nevertheless here we are. My beers are much better now with a wider mill gap (credit card thickness) and I didn't even notice a decrease in my mash efficiency.
Anyway, in due diligence I'm posting a pic of my latest grain bill, 15 pounds of pale, pilsner and a bit of Munich malt that is going into a tripel tomorrow, just in case anyone sees anything wrong with the appearance, just as a gut-check.
Cheers.