Austin McLendon
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Is your dog a brew dog? You know the one. Constantly following you as you brew, making sure you hit your temps, and reminding you when it's time to add the hops? No? Well they could be.
If you're more than a few batches into your beer obsession you've probably moved into all grain or partial grain brewing. After your boil you're left with a mound of spent grain, and that is were Rover comes in. Have you ever taken a look at the back of a bag of dog food? It's all corn and binding agents mixed with meat flavor.
Spent Grain Dog Biscuits are a great way of keeping all that delectable spent grain from going into the compost heap. Full of high quality grains, and simple to produce, your dog is going to demand being part of all brew days moving forward to make sure these get done.
Basic Spent Grain Dog Biscuits
4 cups spent grain
2 cups flour
1 cup peanut butter (all natural)
2 eggs
Make sure the grains are damp, not dripping wet. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Press down into a dense layer on a large cookie sheet. Score almost all the way through into the shapes you want. Bake for about half an hour at 350 F to solidify them. Loosen them from the sheet, break the biscuits apart and return them, loosely spread out on the cookie sheet, to the oven at 225 F for 3 to 4 hours (until dry) to prevent mold growth. Store in an airtight container.
Many members have taken to modifying the recipe depending on the beers brewed, adding peanut butter, pumpkin, bacon grease, and a host of other ingredients to make a flavorful treat for old Fido, but it doesn't stop there. People treats!
For Humans:
2 cups spent grain (Spent Pilsner malt on hand)
1 cup flour
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 big tablespoons of honey
one egg
pinch of salt
butter.
Mix all ingredients except butter in bowl. Move to bake pan; we put down baking sheet paper. Pat down so the mix spreads across the bottom of the pan, about 1/4-1/2" thick. Score with knife in squares; bake @ approx. 350 for 25 minutes. Take out of oven, spread butter across entire mix, then bake again for 5 minutes.
So next batch you finish up be sure to give these a try. It's a great way to use what would otherwise go into the trash or compost heap, and you get to make your four legged friend apart of your brew day.
If you're more than a few batches into your beer obsession you've probably moved into all grain or partial grain brewing. After your boil you're left with a mound of spent grain, and that is were Rover comes in. Have you ever taken a look at the back of a bag of dog food? It's all corn and binding agents mixed with meat flavor.
Spent Grain Dog Biscuits are a great way of keeping all that delectable spent grain from going into the compost heap. Full of high quality grains, and simple to produce, your dog is going to demand being part of all brew days moving forward to make sure these get done.
Basic Spent Grain Dog Biscuits
4 cups spent grain
2 cups flour
1 cup peanut butter (all natural)
2 eggs
Make sure the grains are damp, not dripping wet. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Press down into a dense layer on a large cookie sheet. Score almost all the way through into the shapes you want. Bake for about half an hour at 350 F to solidify them. Loosen them from the sheet, break the biscuits apart and return them, loosely spread out on the cookie sheet, to the oven at 225 F for 3 to 4 hours (until dry) to prevent mold growth. Store in an airtight container.
Many members have taken to modifying the recipe depending on the beers brewed, adding peanut butter, pumpkin, bacon grease, and a host of other ingredients to make a flavorful treat for old Fido, but it doesn't stop there. People treats!
For Humans:
2 cups spent grain (Spent Pilsner malt on hand)
1 cup flour
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 big tablespoons of honey
one egg
pinch of salt
butter.
Mix all ingredients except butter in bowl. Move to bake pan; we put down baking sheet paper. Pat down so the mix spreads across the bottom of the pan, about 1/4-1/2" thick. Score with knife in squares; bake @ approx. 350 for 25 minutes. Take out of oven, spread butter across entire mix, then bake again for 5 minutes.
So next batch you finish up be sure to give these a try. It's a great way to use what would otherwise go into the trash or compost heap, and you get to make your four legged friend apart of your brew day.
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