tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post1099826279175797255..comments2024-02-29T11:54:28.419+00:00Comments on Ed's Beer Site: The connection between beer and piesEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-56125655611190244812010-09-27T23:44:44.965+01:002010-09-27T23:44:44.965+01:00Interesting, I'd heard that growing grains for...Interesting, I'd heard that growing grains for bread and/or beer was why people settled in one spot but I hadn't heard that spent grains may have lead to the domestication of cows and pigs.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-82663904534104422622010-09-27T21:05:26.754+01:002010-09-27T21:05:26.754+01:00Indeed, wild cattle/pigs coming to eat the used gr...Indeed, wild cattle/pigs coming to eat the used grain thrown out by ancient brewers is believed by some to have been a significant step towards their eventual domestication.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-50329834043366217122010-09-24T22:17:08.342+01:002010-09-24T22:17:08.342+01:00It just keeps getting better :-)It just keeps getting better :-)Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-90093330168877301622010-09-24T14:47:13.048+01:002010-09-24T14:47:13.048+01:00We make and sell steak pies made from Red Poll cat...We make and sell steak pies made from Red Poll cattle fed of our spent grains. I think two other local brewpubs do the same. Apparently the female cattle prefer the lighter malt where as the bulls like the spent malt from our mild. Now all we need to do is use manure from the cows as fertiliser on our Barley! http://www.edwardstonewhitehorse.co.uk/index.htmlTommy Nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-91756650492825519622010-09-24T10:25:06.274+01:002010-09-24T10:25:06.274+01:00Also pigs. Our spent grains go to the piggies. Lov...Also pigs. Our spent grains go to the piggies. Lovely piggies. Delicious piggies.StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-33368336437185163312010-09-24T09:36:00.827+01:002010-09-24T09:36:00.827+01:00Yep, need to do a beer and pie night sometime in t...Yep, need to do a beer and pie night sometime in the futureRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686907092077149244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-69697599518224297322010-09-23T10:15:08.982+01:002010-09-23T10:15:08.982+01:00Cookie, can you never be romantic about anything?Cookie, can you never be romantic about anything?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-61879888658778552312010-09-23T09:28:47.782+01:002010-09-23T09:28:47.782+01:00Possible but statistically unlikely that both came...Possible but statistically unlikely that both came from the same actual grain.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com