What do you do with your spent grains?

[Ozwald]

+1 on the dog biscuits. I gave a few gallon-sized ziplocks of them to the local ski patrol a few years back. Next time I caught 'Cowboy' (the head avalanche dog guy), he asked me if I could make some more. I guess the dogs went apeshit over them & it sounded like a few of the patrollers thought they were pretty tasty too.

[roscoe]

I compost them...but I'll be looking for a local chicken farmer to trade eggs for. If I could get a dozen eggs each time you figure that would effectively knock another 3-4 bucks of my batch. Cage free eggs aren't cheap.

[Gridiron Brewer]

We have friends who have chickens and pigs and they take the spent grains as feed. In return, we get eggs and meat.

[TheeMattSmith]

I give them to my chickens as well. It's funny, when I tell non brewers this I always get the retarded question of "do the chickens get drunk from it?" or "do the eggs taste like beer?" my friends are dumb

[spiderwrangler]

I give them to my chickens as well. It's funny, when I tell non brewers this I always get the retarded question of "do the chickens get drunk from it?" or "do the eggs taste like beer?" my friends are dumb

Well, that's one way for you to guarantee you are the smartest one in the group...

[EL TIZZO]

my wife mixes the spent grains with some stuff and makes dog treats....
the dog loves them.

thats a damn good idea...could you post a recipe by chance?...we make our own dog treats with wheat flour, peanut butter, and carob chips...he loves the things and its nice knowing what you are giving him

[EL TIZZO]

I give them to my chickens as well. It's funny, when I tell non brewers this I always get the retarded question of "do the chickens get drunk from it?" or "do the eggs taste like beer?" my friends are dumb

got a good laugh out of this...good stuff

[spiderwrangler]

my wife mixes the spent grains with some stuff and makes dog treats....
the dog loves them.

thats a damn good idea...could you post a recipe by chance?...we make our own dog treats with wheat flour, peanut butter, and carob chips...he loves the things and its nice knowing what you are giving him

From the Sept 2011 BYO
http://byo.com/stories/issue/article/issues/283-september-2011/2449-grains-to-treats-last-call