Here's another use for spent grains

[EdWort]

I did my first All Grain this morning. A wonderful Kolsch Kit from Austin HBS. Rather than pitch the grains, I spread them out over some flat rocks in the front yard to dry in the hot Texas sun. Sure enough, in just over 4 hours, I had some customers.

My MLT with the stainless hose worked GREAT! I used a pre-chiller and my wort was down to 80 degrees in about 20 minutes. I pitched a White Labs Kolsch Yeast, and now it's off to finish cleaning up.

 

[G. Cretin]

Nice. You can call me full of it if you want But if I did that I'd have javalinas in my yard. About 3 weeks back I spotted 6 of the critters behind my house.
Congrats on yer first AG.

 

[EdWort]

Yeah, I know. SWMBO is a big animal lover. I only want to harvest one one a year I tell her. It doesn't work. I guess I'll stick to fishing. Soon I'll be able to wheel the 3 gallon corny down to the bank and after a while, I won't care if I catch anything.

 

[G. Cretin]

Yeah, I know. SWMBO is a big animal lover. I only want to harvest one one a year I tell her. It doesn't work. I guess I'll stick to fishing. Soon I'll be able to wheel the 3 gallon corny down to the bank and after a while, I won't care if I catch anything.

I guess I'm lucky my wife wants me to go shoot a deer so she can cook with it.

 

[david_42]

The deer in Oakland, CA would actually stand around waiting for us to finish mashing! Due to fire safety, pruning & weed control, there wasn't much for them to eat. The deer in Oregon don't eat spent grains, they prefer ripping apples and leaves off of fruit trees. I compost the grain out by the hop vines.

Some good eat'n on javalinas. My sister in Tucson has them all over the place.

 

[Exo]

Hmm, SWMBO helps me gut, drag, hang and butcher deer. I must be lucky!

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

Hmmm... malt-fed venison. <Homer drool here>

 

[G. Cretin]

Hmm, SWMBO helps me gut, drag, hang and butcher deer. I must be lucky!

And how!

 

[CheaperPlease]

you worked it all out man, fresh deer steaks and a pitcher of home brew... why the hell you shooting with a kodak?

 

[Desert_Sky]

Some good eat'n on javalinas. My sister in Tucson has them all over the place.

o dear lord, you are kidding right?

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

I'm all cool with getting women into hunting, but I'm actually kind of glad that my wife has no interest whatsoever in it. It's my time to be away.

 

[Mykel Obvious]

o dear lord, you are kidding right?

No joke... supposed to be good eatin'!!

http://www.bowhunting.net/susieq/boar.htm



later,
mikey

 

[Beer Snob]

I have not tried this yet, but have a good book that details basicly this procedure.

http://www.angelfire.com/co/mycosociety/cult2.html

Edit...

Here is another cool link...

http://www.shroomery.org/index.php/par/3264

 

[Desert_Sky]

i dont see why not. i used to pick some of the best shrooms in La. that grew out of grain fed cow sht.

 

[wild]

No joke... supposed to be good eatin'!!

It is! Been hunting Javelina for the better part of 40 years down in SanCarlos. Great food.

Wild

 

[MadWeezel]

Yeah i take my spent grains to a farmer who has me add them to the feed for cows. This is what a few ethonol plants do around here with their spent grains too..

 

[EdWort]

Those rocks were licked clean within a day.

 

[budbo]

I spread mine all over the yard like fertilizer, get strange looks standing there dipping a spoon into the keg and flinging grain all over the yard

 

[Rhoobarb]

Yeah i take my spent grains to a farmer who has me add them to the feed for cows. This is what a few ethonol plants do around here with their spent grains too..

That's exactly what the local Micro does with theirs. A farmer comes in once a week to pick it up from them. Free feed!

Ed, nice picture, BTW!

 

[EdWort]

Thanks. Someday I'll get a shot of the deer standing on two legs to get to the bird feed in that bird feeder. I'd like to use my air rifle on them when they do that, but SWMBO does not mind and she is the one who fills that thing up.

 

[Beer Snob]

Those rocks were licked clean within a day.

Sounds like this needs to be quoted in the "Dirty Homebrew Terms"

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

I'd like to use my air rifle on them when they do that,

Don't do that! The'll become gun-shy and harder to harvest/murder.

Beer Snob: I wasn't going to touch that one....

:cross:

 

[Beer Snob]

Beer Snob: I wasn't going to touch that one....

:cross:

Don't know whats come about me... been in this smarta$$ mood for days

 

[Beer Snob]

but SWMBO does not mind and she is the one who fills that thing up.

You, of course, mean the bird feeder and not the air rifile right?

 

[SBN]

Maybe I missed it, but after feeding my dogs spent grains and smelling their farts for the next day, I'm surprised nobody has talked about deer farts, or maybe deer beer farts.....

skol!

 

[Cheesefood]

I wouldn't dare to do that with my grains. Canadian Geese are such a problem in my area that it's now a $500 fine if you're caught twice putting food on the ground. Nasty, dirty birds. They're pests.

As for you hunters - get a better hobby than something that involves ruining what would otherwise be an absolutely perfect day for a deer. If you're going to hunt them, be men about it and use a knife.

I have no interest in venison. Not when my father-in-law raises corn-fed black angus beef. Not the kind you find at the butcher shop, the kind that's only sold to steak houses.

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

As for you hunters - get a better hobby than something that involves ruining what would otherwise be an absolutely perfect day for a deer. If you're going to hunt them, be men about it and use a knife.

Hey buddy, you don't know how depressed the deer up here are. Some of them even live near Edmonton!

 

[Willie3]

I wouldn't dare to do that with my grains. Canadian Geese are such a problem in my area that it's now a $500 fine if you're caught twice putting food on the ground. Nasty, dirty birds. They're pests.

As for you hunters - get a better hobby than something that involves ruining what would otherwise be an absolutely perfect day for a deer. If you're going to hunt them, be men about it and use a knife.

I have no interest in venison. Not when my father-in-law raises corn-fed black angus beef. Not the kind you find at the butcher shop, the kind that's only sold to steak houses.

Wait I detect a double standard:

What about the beef cattle farmers? Those cows think they are going inside to eat or to cool off. Next thing you know the walls close in aroung your head and a man with a huge knife cuts your throat ear to ear. The las thing you say is "MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

That is better than hunting? (rhetorical question). Besides Venison is much leaner than beef. It also makes better jerky!

- WW

 

[Exo]

For most people, they don't even know where their last steak or chicken came from (not even what state), who butchered it, what sanitary conditions were, what it's diet consisted of, etc. I know where my venison came from, what it ate...and I know the butcher real well...ME! Heck, I even know where that deer took a dump!

 

[Cheesefood]

What about the beef cattle farmers? Those cows think they are going inside to eat or to cool off. Next thing you know the walls close in aroung your head and a man with a huge knife cuts your throat ear to ear. The las thing you say is "MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

That is better than hunting? (rhetorical question). Besides Venison is much leaner than beef. It also makes better jerky!

- WW

No, they shoot a lot of them in the head these days before they're throats are slit, so they don't even notice they're dying.

I've had plenty of venison in my day. None of it even sort of compares with great beef.