Interestingly one of you said 'crack' describing the crushing process. I was pleased to hear that because my brewing vocabulaory comes mainly from C.J.Berry whoes books I devoured ages ago and he referred to 'Cracking the Malt'. In fact the first All Grain brewing I did I 'cracked' my grain with a rolling pin rolled over and over it. I cannot remember how long it took it was more than 50yrs ago. I am not even sure if you could buy ready 'cracked' grain then. Seemed to work OK for me. Extract brews have been the exception for me since then.
@@SoundzCool Indeed. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean it’s good though. I still can work out why we are pretty much the only country that buys crushed malt from maltsters. Many maltsters the world over dont even sell crushed malt