I'm a third shifter so I get my best stuff done at night.
I put my brew in the fermenter and let the grains dry a bit before doing spent grain treats last night.
I started them around 2AM, cut em up and set the oven for 4 hrs.
Then the dogs got up...at 3:30AM!
Needless to say, SWMBO was not a very happy camper. I was informed this morning I shouldn't do that again.
The old dog has been known to lay by the oven for the whole cooking process, in other words, all night long! LOL!!
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
yeah, my girls get excited when I put on my biskie making apron (road kill cafe), and the weener head goes on watch, and the terrorist starts to drool. The Yo Caro Todo sneaks into the kitchen as a forward observer.
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depends on how many biskies you want to make...but...
4 cups grains
2 eggs
enough flour to turn it to a dough
for the dogs
1/2 to 1 cup of P*butter
for humans
what ever natural nut grains and what not you want.
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not a bad idea. Too bad I have to give my girls up (because of the move). I most likely won't make Dawg Biskies again until I am in the Great Down Under. Then I'll just be selling them at the open market.
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Well I have been freezing all of my grain in ziplock bags for a while now, I must have about 20 pounds of the stuff.
I was going to use it for my fishing hole but the lake here is so low that my hole is now high ground and I didn't even bother renewing my fishing license this year.
I'm don't have room for my frozen food anymore sooooo into the oven for how long and at what temperature please?
What else do folks do with their spent grains?
First up can you make beer with your used beer grain?
I'm not a baker so bread is out unless I can find someone to make it for me.
350*F for 30 min... then to perserve them, I dry them in the cooling oven.
I just make the dog biskies. 4 cups or so of grains, 2 egs, half a small jar of peanut butter, and enough flour to turn it ti dough
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teutonic terror wrote:Yankeedag, you leaving the States and going to Oz for a while?
Yep. We've sold the house (or so we're told) and temp moving up to Washington State, right in the little town of KENT for about 6 months or so.
The wife is a Aussie, and she's been here for 11 years. I've alwasy wanted to see the Great Down Under, and figure this is a great opportunity to do so. Once there, I've no present plans to come back. I will just settle in, score a job, and melt into the surroundings.
Oh wait... this is me we're talking about... I'm just gonna try to stay out of as much trouble as possible.
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