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1920 Fairbanks-Morse & Co.Model "Z" 1 1/2HP-500R.P.M Serial Number 433081
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| 1 1/2 HP FM"Z" | 3HP FM"Z" | Farnam Roller Mill | Grinding |
Why?
I Homebrew. I started out buying extracts and tried making my own beer to my own taste. It was good. I (we at this point) then graduated to all-grain brewing. It was better (and cheaper). Now we buy grain in fifty pound bags which I have "cracked" in the mill at the store. This is inconvenient (and uncontrolled) so I would like to start doing this myself. I started with a burr-mill but it was inconsistent, you either got uncracked grain, flour or both. I needed a roller mill. I sold the burr-mill, sight unseen to a fellow club member. It turned out that when I told him what I wanted to do he said, "You need a roller mill." I said, "Yeah, that's what they use at the store." He brought one (the Farnam) to our local fair and I bought it on the spot.
I am still working on cleaning it up. Farnam is still in business in Phoenix so I called and asked if they had a manual for it, "Ha, ha, ha, ha... we haven't made that since the fifties!" What? They don't keep copies of old manuals around?
My friends and family want me to start a brewery. I have this fantasy of growing my own grains and hops and making beer from it. I have three plantings of the rare, local Northern Arizona Hops but as yet not a large enough harvest to brew exclusively with it. It is also unprofitable to grow any grains here so I have some major hurdles to clear before my dream can come true...
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