Milling crushes grains before mashing and so exposes the internal contents to the mash liquor and enhances dissolving and digestion by enzymes. Mills crush grain between two, four or six rollers running in opposite directions and are set to break open the grain but not to crush it into flour. Part crushing is particularly important to ensure that the husk is retained to provide the filter bed for separating wort at the end of mashing.

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