You may have asked yourself, “what do I do with all these spent grains from my homebrew session?” I’ve asked myself that question before, but since my extract recipes occasionally called for a little amount specialty grains I often didn’t have enough poundage to get good use out them.

Things have recently changed and, in addition to my regular 5 gallon batches, I now have a Brooklyn Brew Shop kit which comes with a 1 gallon carboy. I’m excited to now brew 1 gallon batches because it allows me to experiment at a small scale (and smaller investment) and has introduced me to go all-grain!

Two events have recently converged in my life like a nor’easter to form a perfect situation that solves the question of what to do with all my spent grain. The first thing is that my wife and I are proud parents to a 10 month old puppy. Continue reading →