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Review on ๐Ÿบ FERRODAY Stainless Steel Malt Crusher - Heavy Duty Malt Mill for Homebrew Grain Crushing - Adjustable Barley Grinder - Low Speed Drill Compatible - Manual Stainless Steel Mill - Medium Size by Dawn Johnson

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Impressed with this Barley Crusher clone

I was a little hesitant at first which is clearly a foreign grain mill with no name. The bad syntax on the label suggests it's probably a Chinese invention. I thought I would have to adjust the holes in the funnel but this thing really surprised me. I've been a homebrewer for many years, built my first grinder out of a rolling pin and used it to hell until it finally saw its final brew day. So I go to the Revain and find it for a little over $100, it looks the same as the Barley Crusher but under a different name. I figured if there were any issues I could get it working long enough to find a better version in the announcements sections of some forums, but wow I'm impressed with this thing! Today when we went to grind grain for our brew day there was a little hiccup, whoever was harvesting it at the plant put the drive roller forward again. When we wanted to grind grain, we pulled the trigger on the seeder and the screwed-in drive shaft spun out, so after assessing the situation I found that the drive roller was backwards, this is easy to fix. So I grabbed a screwdriver and pliers, quickly loosened the screws, flipped the drive pulley so it faced the other way, and put it back together. Less than 10 minutes for it. Back outside we go and throw the grain back into the hopper. When we pulled the trigger this time, it was pretty obvious that this thing was shredding grain. I usually run it twice, once for .050" and then again for .025". I can honestly say I was pleasantly surprised at the speed at which this grinder chewed up my 20.5 pound grist. It was easy to skip the whole grain twice in less than 10 minutes. I don't think I plan to upgrade flour mills any time soon. I wish I had this a long time ago and brewed so many days much faster. If you are looking for an inexpensive grinder that does a very decent job, then this is the one you should buy.

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  • Communication with seller