Spent hops and Spent Grain

[Brewberoza]

Was about to make some more home made spent grain granola when I thought I would ask the community what they do with their spent grain and hops?

[irish_goat]

I make doggie treats if I'm bothered and I freeze take away cartons of it and give them to the parents for their hens too.

The rest goes in the bin.

[Stitch]

This might give you some ideas 

http://brooklynbrewshop.com/themash/category/spentgrainchef/

[Brewberoza]

Flush it down the toilet as it doesn't compost well.

Might look at drying it and burning it which is what at least one brewery does.

burning it? is my beer spawned from a witch?

[Brewberoza]

I make doggie treats if I'm bothered and I freeze take away cartons of it and give them to the parents for their hens too.

The rest goes in the bin.

Yeah done the doggy treat thing for friends but have none myself. Uses lots of grain.

[Brewberoza]

also saw this one http://draftmag.com/features/don%E2%80%99t-ditch-that-grain/ and my granola from http://www.breworganic.com/recipes/Cooking-Recipes.html

[Ciderhead]

Albran for dogs, I've done that for my 2 but it makes them fart like hell and you want to see them strain, much better than any Oxi

[imark]

After the dogs eat them biscuits the birds will depoop your garden...another benefit of being a homebrewer 

[Eoin]

Flush it down the toilet as it doesn't compost well.

Might look at drying it and burning it which is what at least one brewery does.

Are you meaning the hops? Because the grain works really well in the compost. You need to lay down layers of paper to get a good composter working well, shred the paper and layer it in between, it stops the compost heap from compacting too much. I also throw my trub on top, that does a great job on the dalek. Hops on the other hand won't compost well as they are  too good at stopping moulds etc.

[Shanna]

Flush it down the toilet as it doesn't compost well.

Might look at drying it and burning it which is what at least one brewery does.

Tube I am sure this suggestion is just you taking the piss? Why any one would want to feed sewer rats in this fashion not to mention run the risk of backing up the sewer is beyond me.

Shanna

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

After the dogs eat them biscuits the birds will depoop your garden...another benefit of being a homebrewer 

Wheres the LOL button ....

[Shanna]

If your really doing this I suspect your going to have drain problems at some point in the future. I understand the concern about rats in a composter but I think the toilet route is likely to cause you blockages that will be hard to shift. I would not be concerned about the local treatment plant but the bends/pipes from your house to the street.

Shanna

[DEMPSEY]

Stuff is like concrete so I would be careful about blocking the drains.

[Will_D]

All it needs is your spent grain meeting up with the next door neighbours chip pan oil in a 4" soil pipe and boy will you have a problem.

Do you not have a "brown bin" down there?

[DEMPSEY]

Put it in a bag and then in a bin