Lees & Pomace

[CortneyD]

So,what do y'all do with your leftover "stuff"? I've been just tossing it in the compost but we're looking to get some poultry and I'm wondering if any of it would be safe for ducks to nosh on? I'm assuming you'd have to leave the Pomace out to dry and evaporate out most of the alcohol. But I guess I'm just wondering if anyone does anything unique with them or has a better way of utilizing them. Thanks!

 

[ChuckD]

I'm assuming you'd have to leave the Pomace out to dry and evaporate out most of the alcohol

Nonsense. You’ve never heard of “drunken chicken?”

Most of what I have left is mush. If I had pigs I would feed it to them. I don’t know if my chickens would eat it. But I don’t think it would hurt them.

 

[hounddawg]

lol,,, I've fed cake to my hogs, my laying chickens, i know I'm twisted, it is so funny to see a chicken hit the roost pole, in all my years i only had one chicken hit the roost pole just right and broke her neck, hogs are horses ***** when they are hung over, rabbits, they look like there dying, lol. and yeah i know i ant right in the head,,, never ever get your horse drunk, they'll kill you and them too,,
Dawg

 

[Ohio Bob]

I put mine down the drain and into the septic system.

 

[sour_grapes]

I spread them in my garden bed.

 

[JustJoe]

I put them in the compost. I used to feed them to the chickens but the city moved in around me and now I'm not allowed to keep more than 4 chickens so I don't bother having any.

 

[David Violante]

I put them in the compost as well… lots of good stuff in there. I didn’t imagine drunk worms though. Until now…

 

[Vern]

So,what do y'all do with your leftover "stuff"? I've been just tossing it in the compost but we're looking to get some poultry and I'm wondering if any of it would be safe for ducks to nosh on? I'm assuming you'd have to leave the Pomace out to dry and evaporate out most of the alcohol. But I guess I'm just wondering if anyone does anything unique with them or has a better way of utilizing them. Thanks!

I spread mine in the woods, I let nature take its course.

 

[Bossbaby]

I have been dumping all of mine onto the Dinnerplate hibiscus in my flower garden over the past two seasons and what a difference it has made in the number of flowers i get out of it in the summer. I haven't tried making hibiscus wine yet but it's on my list.

 

[Jim Welch]

I put my pomace in the compost pile, lees go into a ball jar and cold crashed. I'm always surprised how much wine is in it, even fairly thick lees yields some wine. I do 2-4 6 gal batches at a time and just mix all the lees to fill the jar as much as possible.

 

[Raptor99]

I feed it to my chickens. They love it!

Before we had chickens, I put it in the compost.

 

[oppyland]

Any food scrap - including doggie bags - goes to the birds (chickens, ducks, geese) and/or the pigs. I agree with @Raptor99 the birds love pomace!

 

[CortneyD]

Any food scrap - including doggie bags - goes to the birds (chickens, ducks, geese) and/or the pigs. I agree with @Raptor99 the birds love pomace!

Thanks! That's great to know!

 

[oppyland]

Thanks! That's great to know!

No problem! Chickens especially will eat practically anything - including chicken.

 

[BMarNJ]

I pour my gross lees around my blueberries. I know they like acid and it is certainly acidic. Not sure how they feel about alcohol…