Thread: Spent grains and composting

Sweet! That's most excellent! I have 2 dogs, so I'll gladly try this one out.

Quote: Originally Posted by BeerPressure grain is not really part of a dog's diet and they have no use for it. i wont feed my dog spent grain Contrary to popular belief, and what the raw-ies will tell you, dogs, like bears, are not carnivores. They are omnivores. Wild dogs/wolves/etc eat everything from meat to fruits, vegetables and occasional tubers.

That's why you need to start a business... or find someone that would like to add a new line to their dog biscuits... It does make a lot, but 10# of grain is not 10# by the time you take 80% of the starch out, and there is no liquid left by the time you're done cooking them either so most of the weight of the peanut butter and eggs is gone too. The cookies are pretty light. It would be interesting to know what it actually was, but I...

This is the bin I have. Had it for 15 years. Black Soilsaver Compost Bin Never really heated up like it was supposed to, except with damp grass clippings. Now with the grains in there, it really gets kicking.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bartman It smells now like fermented stinky grain, but boy does it get hot. It was smoking this morning!!! I tend to doubt smoke, more likely water vapor from the warm grains and cool air.

So finally I have built a composting pile. It's a 4x4' cube, made with 1x1"x4' wood and a chicken wire. This time of the year I have lots of leafs in my backyard, so this way hopefully I can kill two birds with one stone. Right now I have 23# of spent grains in there mixed in with the leafs and no bad smell so far. Lets hope I can keep it this way.

grain is not really part of a dog's diet and they have no use for it. i wont feed my dog spent grain

I just checked my compost pile from last weeks brew. Lots of flies and I took a stick and poked around and stirred up a bunch of maggots. I guess that's part of the break down process.Maybe I should have mixed it all up with the rest of the stuff.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bendbiker be careful. Not sure what type of worm compost you are running but they are sensitive to acidity, so for us they told us not to use citrus, and to add eggshells, which help buffer the pH. I added a bunch of spent grains to mine (which I think are somewhat low pH) and killed half my colony! Sorry to hear that! I heard the same thing about coffee grounds. I just checked the worms last night, though, and...

Quote: Originally Posted by MikeScott I'm gearing up to do my first AG batch, and my plan was to put the grains into my worm bin. I've been doing that with my seeping grains on the extract batches, and the worms seem to love it. Of course, my bin isn't too terribly big, so I may have to give some to a friendly neighborhood composter. I've been told that it's best to allow the grain to heat out in the compost pile...