I tried to make bread with it once but it is too dense and the loaf wouldn’t rise. Maybe if you could dry it out but that’s a lot of work just for some bread LOL.
same here - even the neighbor's rats won't touch it in our compost pileWhen composting it I have never seen any animal touch it other than worms.
Yes you can.but you can't put a ton of it into any dough without it becoming tough to eat
I've smelled composting spent grain. It doesn't seem at all strange to me.I also noticed that animals don’t eat it and that seems strange.
yesFor folks throwing some or all of it out. If you had contact info for someone who wanted it, and they would come and get it, would you contact them with a when and where for them to come and get it?
Let it cool and dump in chicken coop! They love brew day.
I gave the spent grain to my brother, who likes making bread, and he said it didn't turn out. I didn't grill him on his procedure, taste, etc. Since that time, I've been tossing it. Now that you've asked what we do, it occurs to me that I could put it in the compost pile.I'm curious to see how many people are using their spent grain for something, and how many are just tossing it out. No judgment for any type of answer...just curious.
I’m curious, if you made it into bread or pizza dough, how do you get the husks out. I always taste my grain before mashing in, but after chewing it for a while I’m left with a mouth full of husks, yuck.
I sprinkle on top of compost pile. Sometimes the deer clean it up...other times they don't touch it and walk right on by. Same grain bill so its not like they don't like something or other in it. I keep the spent hops separated so that doesn't foul the taste for the animals if they choose to eat it. If they don't, the worms have a heck of a meal composting the grains and I get great garden soil for veggies and potted plants next year.
Grains are Green - If you don't have an abundance of leaves, check with cabinet shops and such for sawdust. That's a heavy brown.I am curious about the use in composting. My knowledge on the subject is that making hot compost needs air, water, 'greens' (ie, nitrogen rich) and 'browns' (carbone rich). There should be about a 7:1 ratio of browns:greens.
My question... Are spent grains considered greens or browns? My pile needs more carbon.