Given brewer’s spent grain (BSG) is 80-85% moisture level during the grain out process (its like soup), it will take considerable heat to dry it to 10-15% moisture so it would be shelf stable. We started looking at other processes
Health benefits of Barley
Barley doesn’t get the attention it deserves as one of the healthiest cereal grains. By adding barley to your breakfast in the form of pancakes, waffles, bread or granola, you can ensure regular bowel movements, healthy heart and keep cholesterol,
List of businesses working with Spent Grains
Spent Grain Recipes
Listing of spent grain based recipes – we’d love to hear about your experience about making these recipes ! Spent Grain Baked Falafel Spent Grain Burger Buns Spent Grain and Herb Whole-Wheat Bread Spent Grain Parmesan Cheese Straws Spent
How to make spent grain flour
Here’s a recipe to make spent grain flour. Let your grain cool completely and then grind it into flour. Use a mill or coffee grinder works well.
Making Spent grain bread
We found several bread-making recipes but here are some tips: Bring the spent grains to a boil before adding them to your dough. That kills off yeast spores that would otherwise WAY overproof your bread. Then rinse in cold water, drain,
Use spent grains as building material
We’ve wanted to see whether spent grains could be used as filler for building materials. Spent grains as Bricks Today, brick manufacturers are looking to replace polystyrene which provided bricks with enhanced heat-trapping abilities. However, EU restrictions on carbon emissions have
Spent Brewery Yeast Diversion
This is one of the biggest concerns most breweries have – disposing of their bioactive yeast. While its common for breweries to re-use their yeast from previous brewery runs (e.g., re-use 50% from previous run + 50% new yeast), a
Spent grain as cattle feed
Traditionally, BSG is mainly used as cattle feed. It should be considered as a lower cost, rich in protein, lipids and fiber supplement, not a complete feed replacement. How does it taste? Majority of the sweetness of beer has been drained
Chemical composition of spent grains
The main components of Brewer’s spent grains are cellulose, hemicellulose, i.e. arabinoxylan, lignin, protein, lipids, and low molecular weight phenolic compounds Image credit New Food Magazine