Anyone got a mill in Wellington?

[Toast]

Hey,
Going to buy 25kg of MO plus other bits and bobs of wholegrain malt, but have no mill of my own. Not confident [or rich] enough to buy a mill now, I need to see how it's done before taking the plunge. Does anyone have a mill they are prepared to let me use/show me how to use in the Wellington area?

[Mike Neilson]

I have 400g of Melondian and Caraaroma un-milled I am using the old rolling pin method!! maybe a sack of MO will be alittle to hard with the rolling pin, lol:)

[jt]

Yea, but a 750ml glass bottle is better than a rolling pin, less give in the surface.
Just got to remember that you've got to crack it, put the emphasis on the downward pressure, not the roll forwards

[jt]

There's a few about - where are you ?

I'm in Newlands - willing to share barleycrusher

[Alasdair]

You're never that far from a Barleycrusher in Wellington. :)

I'm in Wadestown. You're welcome to use my mill.

[Toast]

I'm in Plimmerton but work in Aro Valley. Easy to get to anywhere really!
Thanks to JT and Alasdair, What I'll do then is drop both of you a private message when I get the sack[s] of grain and we can see which of you is available. I don't want to put you out to much obviously, especially as I might become a repeat visitor until I buy a mill! [yes I'm going to jump in on the other forum]

BTW, where do you guys get your grain from? Right now the cheapest I've found is to buy it from Dunedin and have it shipped up here to Wellington. Mad!

[jt]

www.libertybrewing.co.nz

[Toast]

Yep, want to buy from these guys as they're local, but from Dunedin its $76 plus $17 freight. Somewhat cheaper! I know Brendon is around these forums, so don't want to offend...but I was surprised by the price differential.

[Stu McKinlay]

No offence Toast. And I'm sure Brendon won't be offended. Just trying this thing out and there's a lot of stock in my basement and not a lot of return... if you can get a better deal elsewhere then go for it. The main aim is to have a lot of specialty grain avaialable to local brewers. There's more to come in that department.

We certainly couldn't get near that price.

10% discount for SOBA members and you can buy the grain milled (or get part of it milled).

Cheers
Stu

[jt]

But wait, there's more ?

[Mike Neilson]

I dont get it $93 from Dunedin or $96 from Wellington? $3 bucks come on support Wellington and if you dont qualify for soba discount come on support soba!!

[Toast]

I don't qualify for soba discount :o( plus I don't really expect to see the freight go up too much when I add in the special malts...I will be using Liberty and I will be joining Soba, if I can. Just finding my feet here though.

[JoKing]

I'll get some dark wheat off you soon Stu. I sense another Aventinus coming up for the Autumn.