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spiderwrangler · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:53 am

BranEverhardt wrote:

Flight Risk wrote:

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

Can I get the dog treat recipe? That is a great idea.

Both the BYO and Ozwald's recipes have been posted (slightly different).

spiderwrangler wrote:

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

Ozwald wrote:

For some reason I filed it under S. Probably cause I don't make dog biscuits other than the Spent Grain variety. At least I found it:

4 cups non-hopped spent grain
4 cups wheat flour
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg

Mix well & bake @ 370 for 10-15 minutes. This is at ~5000' altitude, so you may have to adjust the temp down as much as 15-20 degrees. When they get a bit of color to them, they're done. Dogs still love them a little underbaked, but they don't last quite as long.

BranEverhardt · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:07 am

Outstanding. Thanks!

Ozwald · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:40 pm

BranEverhardt wrote:

Flight Risk wrote:

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

Can I get the dog treat recipe? That is a great idea.

Scroll up 3 posts.

:jnj

spiderwrangler · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:20 pm

Ozwald wrote:

Scroll up 3 posts.

:jnj

Scroll up 1 post. :jnj

Ozwald · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:15 am

spiderwrangler wrote:

Ozwald wrote:

Scroll up 3 posts.

:jnj

Scroll up 1 post. :jnj

Scroll up 1 post, do not pass go, spend $200 at NikoBrew.com, spend additional $200 on a new freezer cause you wouldn't believe how many hops that can buy.

:drink

brewjedi · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:36 pm

Anyone feed them to horses? Horses love barley. I don't know about malted, sugar depleted barley.

EagleDude · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:01 pm

brewjedi wrote:

Anyone feed them to horses? Horses love barley. I don't know about malted, sugar depleted barley.

I would be real carefull with that idea ... horses are really prone to getting colic with even slight changes in their diets. If you went forward with the idea, ween them slowly into the spent grains and then ween them slowly off of them. Colic sucks! I wouldn't even take the chance with horses.

Cody · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:38 am

EagleDude wrote:

brewjedi wrote:

Anyone feed them to horses? Horses love barley. I don't know about malted, sugar depleted barley.

I would be real carefull with that idea ... horses are really prone to getting colic with even slight changes in their diets. If you went forward with the idea, ween them slowly into the spent grains and then ween them slowly off of them. Colic sucks! I wouldn't even take the chance with horses.

Completely agree. It's just not worth it. The relatively high concentration of simple sugars will really do a number on their digestive system. This can also cause founder, which will lame your horse for life.

What do you do with your spent grains?

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