Re: FEEDING BEER TO HORSES

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

> THANK YOU SUSAN... you just saved alot of folks a bunch of money...

Yeah, I'm on a hit list for at least three different feed supplement
companies I can think of.<g>  Oh, well.

susan g


>
> On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 11:44:29 -0600 "Susan Garlinghouse"
> <suendavid@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Patricia E. Peters <patpeters1@juno.com>
> > To: <GoldenCMK@aol.com>
> > Cc: <Tivers@aol.com>; <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
> > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 2:42 PM
> > Subject: RC: FEEDING BEER TO HORSES
> >
> >
> > > There is a product called Weight On or Weight Builder that has
> > brewers
> > > grains in it... says so right on the package... very expensive
> > stuff too,
> > > but it seems to work.  Lots of fat... like 40% or something.  How
> > about
> > > it, Susan?
> >
> >
> > Brewers grain is what's left over after the process of fermenting
> > grain to
> > produce alcohol has stopped.  By itself, brewers grain has only a
> > moderate
> > (about 6%)  amount of fat, the manufacturer is probably using it as
> > a
> > carrier/filler of some sort for another higher fat source.  Any
> > non-rancid
> > fat source will work just as well (ie, provide calories), but
> > usually, just
> > adding some fresh, good-quality vegetable oil will give you the same
> > results
> > for a lot less.  The only advantage to Weight Builder (or products
> > like it)
> > is usually just convenience, and some times better palatability if
> > the horse
> > just won't accept liquid oil.  In that case, getting a bag of FatPak
> > is just
> > as palatable and still less expensive than the fat products in
> > itty-bitty
> > buckets.
> >
> > Susan G
> >
>