{"id":16238,"date":"2026-07-31T17:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=16238"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:09:04","slug":"how-to-choose-the-best-malt-mill-for-your-home-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/31\/how-to-choose-the-best-malt-mill-for-your-home-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Choose The Best Malt Mill For Your Home Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week I take a look at malt mills designed for brewing beer and cover some of the major features you should be looking for in a high quality malt mill. A good malt mill for home brewing will likely last you a lifetime, so choosing the right mill is an important step.<\/p>

Malt Mill vs Grain (Flour) Mill<\/h3>

The first thing you need to know when choosing a new malt mill is that a malt mill is not the same as a grain (flour) mill. The mills you buy to make flour crush wheat, rye, oats, corn and other grains into a find powder. There are several variants of grain mills including stone mills that use two circular stones, burr mills which use two steel or ceramic plates, and impact mills that crush the grains. <\/p>

The problem with using a flour mill to crush your malt is that it leaves a find powder with no intact husks. The husks actually serve as a filter bed for the grains during sparging, so malt crushed to a find flour will often result in a stuck sparge as well as excess grain particles in the boiler. So you really never want to use a traditional flour mill to crush your brewing grains.<\/p>

Key Brewing Malt Mill Characteristics<\/h3>

The best type of malt mill by far is a dual roller mill, typically with both rollers made of steel. The reason you want a dual roller mill is that crushing grains between the two rollers allows you to finely crush the interior of the barley see while still maintaining larger pieces of the husk intact. These husk pieces help form a natural filter bed when you sparge the grain in a traditional system or remove the grain bag\/grain filter in a BIAB or all-in-one system.<\/p>

Here are some of the key characteristics to look for in a good malt mill:<\/p>