Beer Grains

[roj]

I fed my chickens the spent beer grains from my latest beer batch. They went nuts over it!

 

[mboreham1]

that is good to know, i have been dumping mine but that makes no sense, they get a grain treat this afternoon!

 

[WYchicks]

We do the same! We used to just give them a small bowl full of the spent grains, but they go so crazy over it, we've started dumping the entire batch of spent grains into their run.

 

[Russo's Roost]

Excellent idea, there is a microbrewery in town that I am going to check with to see if they will share. It is Rock Art brewery in Morrisville VT.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Just be careful not to let it go moldy on you before feeding!!

 

[sacrifice]

I store my spent grains in my freezer. Since I have not had chickens for a while (but some due to hatch in 9 days) my freezer now has no room for human food -

The grains are in one gallon zip-lock freezer bags.

 

[BellevueOmlet]

Now feed them a little hops and their eggs will taste like beer

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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[homeharvest]

I've managed to get a promise of brewers spent grains from a microbrewery opening up in town. Has anyone tried adding lime to spent grains- not sure how much is needed but I hear that it can keep the wet stuff ok for over 30 days or more. I might experiment when I have some...

 

[lokua]

I would sooner try drying the spent grains. I've successfully dried 5 pounds or so of wet grain in the oven but it took quite a while. I intend to try something similar to Alton browns (from good eats on food network) dehydrating contraption using a box fan and some cellulose furnace filters.