What NOT to Do With Spent Grains

[Hopfan]

Damn, you beat me to it. LMAO

 

[mattreba]

LMAO. I hate self-righteous recyclers.

Oh well. At least we both like good beer and brewing! Cheers.

 

[Brewer3401]

These guys look a little "light in the loafers". Looks like the one second from the left may be the pin cushion for the evening.

WTF ???

 

[EvilTOJ]

Brewer3401, it's these guys

 

[Cheesefood]

Is it just me, or is wheat the worst smelling grain after about 3 days? It gets sour smelling, almost acidic.

Blech.

My new house has a garden area. I might get a compost dealy so I can dump my grains in it.

 

[Foreigner]

Oh well. At least we both like good beer and brewing! Cheers.

I guess I feel recycling is a bandaid solution for an over-consumptive society. Mandate minimal packaging for manufacturers, awesome. Tell me my can is the problem? I don't think so.

 

[TrickyDick]

These guys look a little "light in the loafers". Looks like the one second from the left may be the pin cushion for the evening.

WTF ???

HOly S!

I actually DID LOL, for a while! "pin cushion" ROFL!!!

TD

 

[Demon]

Holy useless thread revival Batman!

 

[Beezy]

I threw my first steeping grains in the can but that didn't seem right. I have a couple horse owners that are happy to take it but we have to be willing to take it to them right away. Not happening. Half hour drive. So I have just been dumping it in the back. We have some crappy soil back there so it can only help.

 

[TrickyDick]

Holy useless thread revival Batman!

Didn't see the date. 2007! Some topics never go out of style!
I just posted a new thread about same topic, AFTER doing a useless search that turned up thousands of irrelevant threads. Anyway, after posting, several "related threads" such as this were suggested, and the rest is history

TD

 

[Beezy]

Haha I never look at dates tbh

 

[Pappers_]

Didn't see the date. 2007! Some topics never go out of style!

Yup, this is a popular, recurring topic. We use two of these to compost in, and probably half of the volume is spent brewing grains - no mess, no smell, and no critter problems. Highly recommended.

And we end up with great compost to mix into the garden in the spring before planting.

 

[Jklinden]

Dang hippies

 

[andysim]

I just toss them in the woods behind my house

 

[chrislehr]

I toss it all in the backyard and the chickens go ape**** for it.

 

[heferly]

What not to do...throw it in the garbage disposal, clog your drain 15 min before you have to chill, spend the next hour fixing it, only to crack an old pipe while tightening everything back up....just kegged the batch, we'll see how it faired!

 

[SarahMatt]

In my house "recycling"=saving beer bottles for the next batch. Just doing my part for the environment.

 

[Maxkling]

Set up my brew days around trash days.

My last session was around the 4th thus trash service was delays a week, that was the most foul awful smell of my life. Now I just will deliver to my parents for their composter, they have the exact one pictured above.

 

[Pappers_]

In my house "recycling"=saving beer bottles for the next batch. Just doing my part for the environment.

That's 're-using', which is even better than 're-cycling'.

 

[hops2it]

Threw them in the perennial garden, spread them out good and incorporated into the soil. They got moldy, it reeked, I got my a$$ chewed by swmbo when she was weeding a few days later and almost yacked. Now they go into a hefty bag and into the trash. No timber nearby or I'd go that route.

 

[SarahMatt]

That's 're-using', which is even better than 're-cycling'.

Thanks!

 

[Thehopguy]

Hadnt considered this haha. When I do my first all grain ill have to remember to get it out the house asap. Wish i could compost but it isnt an option at this point

 

[40watt]

Spent grain is magic. I would hate to waste it.

 

[dmcoates]

Throw them outside not to far from your SWMBO's flowers. Then the moose come in and eat the grain and her flowers! I heard about that for awhile

 

[Jdk261]

My yard backs up to a corn field, so that's where spent grains and whatever else goes. One thing of note...I brewed last Monday and left the grains in my cooler...didn't feel like cleaning up lat that night so I was lazy and figured I'd get it the next day. Well, I finally got around to it yesterday. It was awful. Sitting out in the heat on my deck for all that time. I seriously almost threw up. Hopefully it's nothing a little bleach can't fix. The stench was one of the worst things I've smelled in the past 5 years...easily.

 

[Slowfro]

Jdk I'm not happy to hear that. I brewed Tuesday night and didn't finish it all up until all my motivation to clean up had left me. I cleaned most everything last night, but left the cooler MLT in the garage still with the grains in it. Sounds like I might be in for a rough afternoon cleaning that out tonight!

 

[Waunabeer]

Jdk I'm not happy to hear that. I brewed Tuesday night and didn't finish it all up until all my motivation to clean up had left me. I cleaned most everything last night, but left the cooler MLT in the garage still with the grains in it. Sounds like I might be in for a rough afternoon cleaning that out tonight!

Believe it; I did the same thing last week. It'll make you lose your appetite.

 

[Jdk261]

Jdk I'm not happy to hear that. I brewed Tuesday night and didn't finish it all up until all my motivation to clean up had left me. I cleaned most everything last night, but left the cooler MLT in the garage still with the grains in it. Sounds like I might be in for a rough afternoon cleaning that out tonight!

Maybe you'll be lucky since it was inside...my guess is it will still smell awful. I'll never let mine sit that long ever again.

 

[Slowfro]

Got lucky here! My cooler MLT was in the garage, so definitely not cool like if it were in the basement. I opened the lid and it was most definitely sour and on the brink of turning to a rotten mess. I had nightmares of just throwing away the MLT and building a new one because of the smell. It really wasn't all THAT bad though. A quick dump out and some help from the hose and we're ready to go again!

I will note for next time that if I break clean-up into 2 days that I'll do the MLT first and get to the brew kettle the next day.

 

[emjay]

I cleaned my MLT yesterday. After brewing over a month ago! Ewwwwww.