distillers ?

cj maxx

ive read here about rations.
barley, soya i understand but what is meant by distillers ?
maize distillers is mentioned
any help
thanks

Good loser

A by product of the conversion of maize to ethanol - big industry in States.

There is also a wheat distillers. Think the maize one is better?

cj maxx

Good loser wrote: »

A by product of the conversion of maize to ethanol - big industry in States.

There is also a wheat distillers. Think the maize one is better?

is it a product you would specificly buy or
does powered maize bought in a bag do as a distller ?

Good loser

cjmc wrote: »

is it a product you would specificly buy or
does powered maize bought in a bag do as a distller ?

No. They are two different products. You can buy maize distillers or maize meal which is ground maize. Former is brown and latter is light yellow - bit like soya bean meal. The distillers has a much higher protein % than the maize and is dearer for that reason.

bob charles

cjmc wrote: »

ive read here about rations.
barley, soya i understand but what is meant by distillers ?
maize distillers is mentioned
any help
thanks

distillers is just another product. Most dry distillers is imported from US as stated but the limited amount thats available from the distilling whiskey making in Ireland is of a much higher quality IMO. Currently trading at a crazy price usually mid 20's protein

freedominacup

bob charles wrote: »

Currently trading at a crazy price usually mid 20's protein

I'd agree totally on the Irish distillers much better product. BTW what's crazy price wise?

bob charles

freedominacup wrote: »

I'd agree totally on the Irish distillers much better product. BTW what's crazy price wise?

I was told €340 last time I was talking about dried distillers but this wasn't a quote so maybe its not as high as that

freedominacup

bob charles wrote: »

I was told €340 last time I was talking about dried distillers but this wasn't a quote so maybe its not as high as that

Thanks.

Good loser

freedominacup wrote: »

I'd agree totally on the Irish distillers much better product. BTW what's crazy price wise?

Is this a wheat distillers? So do you consider wheat dist. better than maize dist? I had thought the maize better.

bob charles

Good loser wrote: »

Is this a wheat distillers? So do you consider wheat dist. better than maize dist? I had thought the maize better.

no, it would be barley for whiskey isn't it (seemly not as wheat can also be used, I don't know enough about whiskey thankfully). All the different types of distillers usually test out very similar, why I can't give you the reason. A good google project for your Saturday evening:D

typical Irish distillers product

similar to highlighted below
http://www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk/pws/pdf/direct_sales/Barley_Distillers_Pellets.pdf

flatout11

very hard to get maize distillers this year
wheat distillers is slighly higher in cp but lower in me (energy) content than maize distillers -
i presumed as it wasnt maize distillers it was wheat or is it barley??

pakalasa

Don't the breweries also produce a byproduct from the brewing process. I remember seeing tractors queing up to collect the by-product at St. James Gate, Dublin. The home of the black stuff.

bob charles

pakalasa wrote: »

Don't the breweries also produce a byproduct from the brewing process. I remember seeing tractors queing up to collect the by-product at St. James Gate, Dublin. The home of the black stuff.

thats brewers grains and I have never seen or heard of brewers dried down into pellets. All is sold wet as the drying costs would be too much

flatout11

bob charles wrote: »

thats brewers grains and I have never seen or heard of brewers dried down into pellets. All is sold wet as the drying costs would be too much

its in pellets 'wheat' distillers - i have bought it this year

pakalasa

bob charles wrote: »

thats brewers grains and I have never seen or heard of brewers dried down into pellets. All is sold wet as the drying costs would be too much

So does it have to be fed straight away. What kind of feed value does it have?

Bodacious

bob charles wrote: »

cjmc wrote: »

ive read here about rations.
barley, soya i understand but what is meant by distillers ?
maize distillers is mentioned
any help
thanks

distillers is just another product. Most dry distillers is imported from US as stated but the limited amount thats available from the distilling whiskey making in Ireland is of a much higher quality IMO. Currently trading at a crazy price usually mid 20's protein

I worked for the Beam family (Jim Beam whiskey) Ohio on my year out and they historically had cattle to use up the distillers.

Lads found old case of old whiskey in basement, wasted most, half glasses of it everywhere every morning after a night out... Long story short, Donegal boy brought home 6 bottles, 4 broke all over his clothes ... 2 made it and were valued/sold in Belfast at £820.... If the other 4 had have been wrapped better he'd have been better off than what he earned that year as dollar was weak