I bought a mill and I'm dying to use it! Options

[TheGeneral]

I picked up a PhilMill on Craigslist and I'm dying to give it a test run. I'd like to make something simple (and cheap) with the new mill as a kind of test run. I'd still like to go with a 5 gallon batch because, if I'm putting in the effort, I might as well get a decent amount of beer. I'm open to any type of ale. Any suggestions?

Also, does anyone have advice on grinding grain? Especially, does anyone have experience with the PhilMill?

[somenathan]

My last brew session/grain crushing was horrible. I had half the grain where it was worm and half in a cold room. Trying to crush the cold grain took very long. So my suggestion is don't try to crush cold grain.

[seanhagerty]

A simple amber ale would be good. While a hefe seems like a good first impulse, the wheat was always tougher to crush than the pils malt. I would stay clear of that for the first brew.

I had a philmill for years and loved it. I think you will have good experiences with it.

The one thing I did was crank the gap as cnarrow as I could get it. Then I used rice hulls for every beer. Worked well.

Good Brewing.

Sean