Week 1: Milling

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• Milling

• Why do we mill our grains?

• How should grains be handled?

• What kind of mill should I use?

• 2 reasons

• Control particle size

• Shrink particle size

• Depends on how you will be separating the wort from the draff

• If you will be using a mash or lauter tun

• Draff = spent grains

• Wort = liquid produced from grain during mashing; contains fermentable sugar used to produce beer

• If you will be using a mash filter

• Roll Mill

• Hammer Mill