04 Feb

Is There Anything I Can Do With All The Used Grains And Hops After Making Wort For My Home Brew Beer?

Author: Staff  //  Category: Home Brewing Recipes

I know that by boiling them up in water to make the wort, I’ve effectively extracted everything usefull in terms of brewing from them, but it still seems such a waste to throw them in the bin.
Thinking from a green environmental viewpoint, is there any way of recycling them or using them for a secondary purpose after I’ve boiled my wort?

Tags: After, Anything, grains, Home, hops, Making, There, Used, With, wort

8 Comments »

  1. There are tons of recipes out there for “spent grain” foods. Cookies and Breads are the first that come to mind. You can google “spent grain recipes”. Here are a few that I foundhttp://www.breworganic.com/recipes/Cooki…http://harvette.net/2009/03/spent-grain-…
    I know that the Deschutes Breweries use Spent Grains to make a veggie burger. If you e-mail them, they may be willing to share the recipe.

    Comment by Moxie — February 5, 2010 @ 12:21 am

  2. Some of these answers have been covered already, but here is some more detail:
    * hops may be toxic to dogs – dispose of carefully if you have a dog.
    * I add 1/3 cup of still-damp spent grains to bread in my bread machine at the “additions beep”. This adds a bit of fiber to the bread, and a bit of color. I really like it. I also portion out 1/3c blobs into ziplocks and freeze them seperately so I can easily bake with them later.
    * Dogs like biscuits made with grains. Here’s a sample recipe – adjust as desired:
    # 4 cups spent grain
    # 4 cups flour
    # 1 cup peanut butter
    # 1 egg
    The details of this particular recipe in the URL below
    * compost

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