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[positiveContact]

While researching a recipe I came across an article by Jamil Z. where he instructs the brewer to mill flaked wheat and flaked oats. I've never done this - I've always just tossed them in as is. What do you guys do?My link

Mill the grains (including the flaked grains, but excluding the rice hulls).

Edited by mashleyJwilliams, 11 June 2011 - 12:08 PM.

[shaggaroo]

I throw them in the mill with everything else.

[realbeerguy]

Don't mill. Just add to mash tun.

[denny]

Never in 401 batches have I milled flaked grains.

[weave]

I use minute rice in my cream ale recipe and I run it through the mill with the rest of the grains. Same with instant oats in my oatmeal stouts. Don't know if it has any effect on effeciency but I figure it sure can't hurt any.

[BarelyBrews]

Nope no milling here.

[djinkc]

I've milled flaked adjuncts before. If I really want to have a stuck mash, I will again.

[BarelyBrews]

I've milled flaked adjuncts before. If I really want to have a stuck mash, I will again.

+1

[No Party JKor]

I did once, by accident. Stuck mash.

[Steve Urquell]

I used to throw them in with all my grain before milling. Never had a stuck mash from it (although I could mash Portland cement and it wouldn't stick in my tun), but it slowed the grain feed thru my mill. I had to beat the side of the hopper to get all my grain thru the rollers.I just add them to the mash now.

[No Party JKor]

Probably depends how much you are using. I did it on a dry stout, so there was a pretty high % of flaked barley. If it's only a few percent it might not make a difference.

[BrewerGeorge]

I no longer mill flaked grains. I have done so a few times, with no stuck sparges that I remember, but they're awful to get through the mill. Maybe if they're well mixed with the rest of the grist it wouldn't matter, but trying to mill them separately is very frustrating. I do mill instant rice (separately) to increase its surface area since it's still "grain" shaped.

[BlKtRe]

I never mill flake either. I add them last to the top of the mash.

[Deerslyr]

This is the first I have ever seen of the suggestion. The only reason I could POSSIBLY see doing this is to not forget to put them in... which happened to me once! Now, I have them sitting with the grain, and after I mill the grain, I put the flaked stuff directly on top of the milled stuff so it all goes in at once. That way Old Forgetfull makes sure to get the recipe right!!!Half the time, I forget to put in Irish Moss because I dont have it out when I start brewing.