Brewing with hay??

[unionrdr]

I noticed some of you are confusing hay with straw. They are not the same. Straw is made from dried grain stalks after the grain is harvested. Hay is made from clover,alfalfa,etc specifically for live stock feed. And it's green,where straw is a light golden/tan sort of color.

 

[cheezydemon3]

...hay....isn't....straw????????


Dear God......My world is crumbling.....

 

[Rev2010]

Some hops can be pretty grassy, I had a beer once that was so grassy, it tasted exactly like lawn clippings smell; BLECH!!!

I had a beer that tasted the same way, purely like grass, it was disgusting. I believe it was this one:

Rev.

 

[Montanaandy]

Why stop at hay. Go for the entire equine experience and add wet manure (aka wet hops) and dry manure. You can "dry manure" the finished product for added flavor and aroma. My God, a new style has been created...

 

[mikeysab]

I think you're being fecesious

 

[Montanaandy]

I think you're being fecesious

For The Win...

 

[Tinga]

...hay....isn't....straw????????


Dear God......My world is crumbling.....

yeah people often look at me funny when they say hay and I correct them. Fun fact. during the civil war some people didn't know the difference between their right and left so the soliders used to tie a piece of hay to one boot and a piece of straw to another boot to know how to march.

But I was thinking of using the hay in the mash to aid in the filter bed. kinda like rice hulls.

 

[brkoerner]

slightly off topic but i cant give much advice on how hay would be in beer but i can try to clarify what is hay and what is not

there are actually 2 general broad categories of hay one is grass hay (like coastal, bermuda grass) and the second is legume hay (like alfalfa, peanut)

the legume hay is what has been talked about more here it has a sweeter smell to it than grass hay does

there is yalls ag lesson for the day, week, month, or year (pick one)

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah,legume hay,clover hay,etc is sweeter. I just figured they'd be better for how the op intends to use them.

 

[TAPPOOL]

I baled a lot of hay and straw when I was a kid. Straw was always baled from oat stalks. The hay that I baled was mainly from alfalfa fields.

PS...I didn't want to get into this discussion because I couldn't believe what I was reading. Can't you guys find something better then hay to brew with. Come on, that's getting out there a bit IMHO.

 

[TAPPOOL]

Also, I never saw the cattle eat straw. It's always used for bedding. Big difference from hay to straw for you city boys..

 

[andysim]

maybe dry hop with the rabbit.

I had this before
........Fatal Attraction IPA