Spent Grain Poll

[kh54s10]

For composting, mix in yard clippings left over vegetables etc. Put anything that was a plant in there then you should get a good balanced compost to use in your garden. I would even recycle potting soil in it to get back what the plants remove from the soil.

 

[tellyho]

My grains definitely go in my compost pile. They are a strong green, so you need to mix in brown to balance (leaves, etc). Wood chips will take a while to break down.

 

[Smellyglove]

I toss it in the garden, great for my hops and tomato plants. If I "spill" some on the grass one can see the spots where I spilled it, the grass is way greener and taller.

Some years ago I blended it in with the dirt in the patch which would be growing my future hops, When I dug up the patch again maybe next spring or something it straight up smelled like human feces. It was ridiculous, it smelled like if ten people with very bad eating habits went together to create the biggest turd in the world.

 

[kh54s10]

I toss it in the garden, great for my hops and tomato plants. If I "spill" some on the grass one can see the spots where I spilled it, the grass is way greener and taller.

Some years ago I blended it in with the dirt in the patch which would be growing my future hops, When I dug up the patch again maybe next spring or something it straight up smelled like human feces. It was ridiculous, it smelled like if ten people with very bad eating habits went together to create the biggest turd in the world.

Better keep a closer eye on your neighbors....

 

[u81doughboy]

I make dog treats out of it. The dogs love it! Whatever I don't use goes to compost.

 

[Mic Carp]

If you want to use all your spent grain..... You are going to be eating an awful lot of bread!!!! You would use less than one pound in a loaf....

Good Point KH!
Maybe I should spend as much time learning how to bake so I could be one of those Farmer's market guys selling bread ha ha

 

[treacheroustexan]

Use a few cups for a months worth a dog treats and rest in the garbage.

 

[Imhoppy]

I brew only extract recipes so the amount of spent grains are not too much trouble to deal with. I dry these in the oven and then turn into spent grain flour using a coffee grinder. This makes a nice substitute for regular flour (usually a tablespoon or so for a loaf of bread or most of my recipes). It gives a nice added flavor and color without being overly dense and heavy if excessive spent grain flour were to be used. I add to breakfast smoothies, pizza dough, honemade granola bars and granola cereal, pancakes, chocolate chip oatmeal raisin cookies, and chocolate cake to name several good uses. A great way to recycle instead of tossing it in the dumpster and letting it go to waste.

 

[kh54s10]

I brew only extract recipes so the amount of spent grains are not too much trouble to deal with. I dry these in the oven and then turn into spent grain flour using a coffee grinder. This makes a nice substitute for regular flour (usually a tablespoon or so for a loaf of bread or most of my recipes). It gives a nice added flavor and color without being overly dense and heavy if excessive spent grain flour were to be used. I add to breakfast smoothies, pizza dough, honemade granola bars and granola cereal, pancakes, chocolate chip oatmeal raisin cookies, and chocolate cake to name several good uses. A great way to recycle instead of tossing it in the dumpster and letting it go to waste.

Right. But that doesn't use up much of the spent grain when your dry weight grains total 10 - 20 pounds. I still have some dried spent grain that I saved about a year ago. So for me it is compost. I have also spread it on the lawn and raked it down into the grass.

 

[rhys333]

Right. But that doesn't use up much of the spent grain when your dry weight grains total 10 - 20 pounds. I still have some dried spent grain that I saved about a year ago. So for me it is compost. I have also spread it on the lawn and raked it down into the grass.

I sometimes cast my spent grain over the lawn too. It can quickly overwhelm my compost because it takes a LOT of browns to balance it out. I usually just leave it where it falls and it seems to work it's way down to the roots on it's own.

 

[kh54s10]

I sometimes cast my spent grain over the lawn too. It can quickly overwhelm my compost because it takes a LOT of browns to balance it out. I usually just leave it where it falls and it seems to work it's way down to the roots on it's own.

I dumped it too thick for that. It was about 6 inches deep in the middle of the pile. So I spread it around.

 

[crazyjake19]

I made bread once but it was way too dense, not my style.

Made dog treats once but our dog didn’t care for them.

Made cookies once and they were just ok.

Now I just throw them all in the woods when I’m done with them.

 

[CharlieW]

A small portion of mine go to the chickens, the rest goes to the deer.

Same here!

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

I dump mine out in the compost, which my dog also likes to scavenge through if I don't keep an eye on him. The hop gunk goes in the trash though...I've heard a couple heartbreaking stories about dogs getting into hops.

 

[LittleRiver]

I dump them in the woods.