Do you use your spent grains?

[Yeast Infection]

Does anyone reuse or do something with the spent grain after the mash. I realize that they are pretty much husks so the nutritious value is minimal, but it is still a nice "organic" material....

 

[Glibbidy]

I give them to the farmers wife, and she feeds her pigs with the stuff.

 

[Wort*hog]

Muskrats love it! Talked to a guy yesterday who cant keep his dog away from those spent grains. Maybe a little hamburger added in?

 

[Orfy]

I use put them on the compost heap and use a spoonful in bread sometimes.

 

[zoebisch01]

I use put them on the cmpost heap and use a spoonful in bread sometimes.

Yeah right onto the compost pile for me. I think I'll feed em to the chickens when I get em.

 

[abracadabra]

I do pretty much the same as Orfy but I throw them on top of my raised bed garden and let the birds pick thru it until I turn it under.

 

[MA_Brewer]

Dump it into the woods/compost area for me- My dog (see avatar) loves the stuff too - too bad it is just beyond the invisible fence line....ZAP....poor dog.

 

[Yeast Infection]

Great things to do with it if you had land.....which i dont. So for now, i will put them in the "compost" (which is the big green dumpster labled trash).

 

[Rhoobarb]

Yep, compost pile. The last session, I just dumped them in the backyard, near the fenceline, on top of all the snow. Now, I've had a rabbit who has been out there eating them for the last 3-4 days!

 

[Glibbidy]

Great things to do with it if you had land.....which i dont. So for now, i will put them in the "compost" (which is the big green dumpster labled trash).

haul that $hit up to the Hall Ranch and spread it out for them deer to eat.

 

[butler1850]

Hmmm... into the freezer I guess for next season!

mmmm... Homebrew & Venison. <drool>

 

[Fish]

Now, I've had a rabbit who has been out there eating them for the last 3-4 days!

Rhoobarbs having rabbit for dinner!

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Hmmm... into the freezer I guess for next season!

mmmm... Homebrew & Venison. <drool>

offtopic: I LOVE venison. It makes the best chili. I also love the backstraps wrapped in bacon... oh man, mouth is watering.. need a homebrew.

 

[Rhoobarb]

Rhoobarbs having rabbit for dinner!

Oooh, not these varmints around my neighborhood - they eat leftover garbage and are probably too gamey!

 

[EdWort]

I use them around deer season in my front yard.

 

[Desert_Sky]

I put my grains in a pile on the side of my land. The coyotes will be there like clockwork later that evening and eat every single bit of them.

 

[rdwj]

Oooh, not these varmints around my neighborhood - they eat leftover garbage and are probably too gamey!

Ya, rabbits are basically suburban rats

 

[Rhoobarb]

Ya, rabbits are basically suburban rats

They're nothing compared to the raccoons! I jumped a foot off the ground when one popped the top off my neighbors garbage can and jumped out one day while I was in the backyard! After that, I started placing a heavy brick on the lid of my garbage bin.

Another time I was sitting in my den, watching TV in the middle of the afternoon, when I saw one walking down the sidewalk in front of my house like he was a damned Jehovah's Witness or something!

 

[tbeazlie]

My wife uses them a cup at a time to make bread. It's actually quite good. The rest go to the compost, deer, ducks whoever seems to need it the most at the time.

 

[roggae]

I use them around deer season in my front yard.

ed,

this is beautiful. i use mine as compsot, but if the doggies have been good i'll whip up some spent grain doggie treats...they love 'em.

the only problem is the dogs love them so much they eat them a 'second time' if you catch my drift!?!?!?

 

[Lil' Sparky]

Ed, that's an awesome pic. I love neighborhoods that have deer roaming around!

 

[McCall St. Brewer]

Mine go in my tomato garden. I've been thinking I should make some spent grain bread one of these days, but so far I haven't gotten around to it.

 

[Biermann]

I have deer, turkey, rabbits, squirrels, etc running around in my woods. I see 'em regularly. I dump them out back at the edge of the woods with the hopes that some varmint will come up and eat 'em. So far, most of the critters leave em alone.

I've often wondered as well, that with all the spent hops and hop seeds that I've been dumping, do you think there's any possibility I'll have some hops sprout up eventually??

I know that there are some wild hops near where I live that sprouted up from an old brewery that is now defunct. .

just a thought. I guess even if they did come up, I still wouldn't know what strain they were. (I guess that could be fun, too).

 

[Bernie Brewer]

They're nothing compared to the raccoons! I jumped a foot off the ground when one popped the top off my neighbors garbage can and jumped out one day while I was in the backyard! After that, I started placing a heavy brick on the lid of my garbage bin.

Another time I was sitting in my den, watching TV in the middle of the afternoon, when I saw one walking down the sidewalk in front of my house like he was a damned Jehovah's Witness or something!

The damned things grunt & squeal like pigs when they're fighting, too. My dumbfcku neighbor was feeding them-on purpose! I told him if he does that again I'm gonna shoot him next time instead of the raccoons. Damned things are rabid menaces, and I have kids and dogs. The feeding stopped-so far as I can tell.

 

[Craig5_12]

I'm pretty sure that some of the brewpubs around here put them in their bread and pizza dough. I'm thinking I'll have to get a pig or goats when I finally move out of the city.....of course, if deer make it a habit of eating them....bang...venison for me too!

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

Treberbrot!!!!

 

[boo boo]

I've been adding it to my hop bed but I don't want too much there so I started a compost heap. Hope the neighbors don't mind the smell.
I don't have mice or rats around, so it would be a bummer to attract them with the grain.

 

[uglygoat]

They're nothing compared to the raccoons! I jumped a foot off the ground when one popped the top off my neighbors garbage can and jumped out one day while I was in the backyard! After that, I started placing a heavy brick on the lid of my garbage bin.

Another time I was sitting in my den, watching TV in the middle of the afternoon, when I saw one walking down the sidewalk in front of my house like he was a damned Jehovah's Witness or something!

we used to live in this old house in indiana. there was a huge walnut tree right in the front, you could touch it from the window in the bedroom. one night i was awoken by a scratching on the screen. it was summer time. i moved the wood shudders back and planted my face right next to the screen to see what was up. i about **** my self when the racoon poped his head up about an inch from mine, seperated only by the wire screen!!!

but ontopic, i leave the grains out for the deers in the backyard. they don't seem to like the stout mash leftovers, as much as the pales and belgian ales...

 

[pendries]

I feed mine to my chickens, I have about 15 or so. They love the grains and I love the eggs!!

 

[Bugeaterbrewing]

I take them to work with me (I work for a church camp) and dump them in the woods. The deer and wild turkeys make short work of it.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company