Anyone used the Bulldog Malt Mill

[Will_D]

Hi or Low?

[armedcor]

Speed? High

[Will_D]

High speed is too high and the motor doesn't have enough torque to start milling - assuming you have grain in the hopper.

Use low speed and it should work better. Also the vibration of the milling fluidises the grain above the rollers and so eases the task. One trick is to flick the drill in reverse & then go into into forward.

Another trick is to start the drill before adding the grain!

HTH Will

[armedcor]

Yea low speed wouldn't work at all. I'll have another look at it next time I'm home and see if I can make some adjustments.

[grim reality]

Glad I found this thread. Bought the mill a couple of weeks ago and tried to assemble. Never copped that the small plates go inside to feed the malt to the centre! I had just left them off. Was also unable to mount the hopper. Couple of turns of the screwdriver and I have the gum-like screws destroyed. I will go at it again tonight with the pliers and hope for the best as I want to prep a brew and try this mill out. What kind of gap should I be leavging between between the rollers? This will be my first time crushing my own malt. I have no drill and will be doing it by hand. Does that make any difference? Am I ok putting the malt in straight from the bag? A couple of you have mentioned conditioning.....

[Simon_]

I've had trouble like everyone else with the soft metal screw. Managed to get 3 of them in place by being careful and only sheared the thread off one.

I've found it does require a bit more torque than my previous mill.

The crush is great though and my efficiency has gone up with this mill.

[biertourist]

I've found it does require a bit more torque than my previous mill.

Spinning 2 rollers requires more torque than spinning just one.

Adam

[darren996]

Lads ,  a year or so on, how are these mills holding up? Thinking of buying one... Thanks

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[armedcor]

Mines still good but I've only used it 5 maybe 6 times. But works like a trooper every time. It does require a lot of torque with a drill compared to normal mills. I need to use my corded drill.

[dcalnan]

Yeah it takes a bit to get it going with the drill, only annoying thing I have with it was not being able to remove the screws for the hopper.

[darren996]

Great thanks lads

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[cruiscinlan]

Mines still good but I've only used it 5 maybe 6 times. But works like a trooper every time. It does require a lot of torque with a drill compared to normal mills. I need to use my corded drill.

Jesus really?  I had a problem with mine with the cordless drill, on a fine grind it was too strong and I chewed the ends of my rollers a little bit.  Lesson being if its stuck, loosen the gap a bit.

[greystashlawless]

Going to pull the trigger on a mill in the next few days.

Is everyone still happy with their purchases of this mill?

The Brewferm one can be bought for 30 more, wondering if its worth the extra cash. Buy Once, Cry Once and all that.

[mick02]

Going to pull the trigger on a mill in the next few days.

Is everyone still happy with their purchases of this mill?

The Brewferm one can be bought for 30 more, wondering if its worth the extra cash. Buy Once, Cry Once and all that.

I've got one of these and have had absolutely no problem with it. Have easily milled over 100kg of grain since I purchased it and it's still going strong.

[Slev]

Same. Does the job. No issues (I do find that I need to check the gap between rollers and adjust every so often, but that's to be expected)