Coffee grinder

[Khannie]

Hi everyone. o/

So many years ago I bought a really good coffee grinder. A mazzer super jolly. It's a commercial grade burr coffee grinder. I'm making the shift to all grain brewing and I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of a grinder like that being used for a grain mill?

[LordEoin]

my main concerns would be that:
- It would be slow. Coffee grinders are generally used to grind a few grams, not a few kilos
- It might be too fine, resulting in more of a flour.

Try lob a kilo of base malt through it and see how it turns out

[Garry]

Even on the coarsest setting it will probably still be more flour than crushed grain. If you are doing BIAB then this might not matter too much, the bag will filter the flour. But if you put it in a mash tun it will probably result in a stuck mash and cloudy wort

You may also get a coffee taste in your grist depending on how much coffee has gone through it before. Maybe try a stout for your first recipe?

Give it a go and let us know how you get on 

[Khannie]

Thanks folks. Yeah, I had similar concerns. I suppose I'll just have to give it a whirl. I'll have some grain next week and I'll report back then. I did buy a hand mill (corona) but then my wife suggested the coffee grinder so I thought I'd check.

[mr hoppy]

Turns out coffee grinders or coronas are perfect for wheat. In fact some folks just throw it in a blender as its small berries mean grinding it with a normal mill setting mean lousy efficiency.

[belfastboozer]

I used a blender recently as a quick fix and it worked great