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I recently came across on a different Forum about people misting water into their grain before crushing. Most research I've done stated adding 2% moisture into the Grain and allowing to rest 15 minutes before crushing. I'm squeezing in a brew day and did try this, I did notice the dust off my mil was significantly less and all the husks from the grains after crushing were intact and not powdered. I didn't know if anybody else had tried this before, they also claimed a bump and efficiency, but I'll let you know if it did at all after I finish Brew Day today.

Schwerkraftbrauer wrote:I recently came across on a different Forum about people misting water into their grain before crushing. Most research I've done stated adding 2% moisture into the Grain and allowing to rest 15 minutes before crushing. I'm squeezing in a brew day and did try this, I did notice the dust off my mil was significantly less and all the husks from the grains after crushing were intact and not powdered. I didn't know if anybody else had tried this before, they also claimed a bump and efficiency, but I'll let you know if it did at all after I finish Brew Day today.

Seen this many times, never tried it though. I think some people call it "conditioning" your grain. If I recall correctly the increased efficiency comes from being able to grind finer without destroying husks and risking a stuck mash.

Keep us updated! I've thought about it a few times just to keep the dust down.

- Josh Peanasky

A hand full of rice hulls makes the lauter go down, the lauter go down, the lauter go down.

I've tried it, noticeably cuts down on the dust.
Did not notice any efficiency difference, but I'm crushing at .040 and doing eBIAB.

Update: didn't notice any efficiency difference but it did lauter better.
What I would be more interested in is difference of outcome of flavor due to the grain hulls not being powdered and less of them into the finished product.