Brewing a double IPA today and opted to save money by buying grain in bulk. Didn't think about the fact that meant I had to crush 16# of barley by hand with my grain mill.

This double IPA is an opportunity to use up leftover hops from past beers. Here's the hop portions for the boil. There's another 180g besides this for dry hopping.

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@kyle when your arm gets tired, take off the handle and attach a drill (most chucks will fit over the roller pin). Put the drill on low speed/high torque, and get the rest of the grains crushed with ease.

@keverets I did even go to the trouble of making a bolt for that purpose to screw in to the mill in place of the arm but this time decided to just do it by hand. I'll probably get my drill next time though!

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