Spent grain: health hazard?

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Re: Spent grain: health hazard?

Post by clogwog » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:35 pm

Mine get thrown onto the vege patch as soon as I've finished lautering. They're dug over and into the soil with a garden fork.
The worms & birds love it. If I didn't dig it in, our dog would feast on it instead, after all, she is a Pug.

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Re: Spent grain: health hazard?

Post by oxford brewer » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:30 am

The spent grain from my brewdays gets collected by a mate for the 2 horses he has and the hops go to the compost bins at the local school.As I now have a new neighbour who has 3 pitbull type dogs(which are wrecking my fence) and 4 new puppies some of the hops may get diverted :twisted: :twisted:
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Re: Spent grain: health hazard?

Post by MartialAnt » Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:25 am

I cant get my head around how hops are meant to be poisonous to dogs. Some will remember my brewday disaster of when my dog was drinking the nearly cooled wort. Also she has on numerous occasions eaten mixed grain & hops that i had dumped into the flower bed. The bitch is still alive & kicking.

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Re: Spent grain: health hazard?

Post by Cheshire-cheese » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:38 am

I assume it is like real chocolate being toxic to dogs, depending on the quantity consumed and the size of the beast.

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