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Offline thebigbaker

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Spent Coconut/ Fruit
« on: July 14, 2012, 08:56:25 am »
So I just racked my coconut milk stout to the keg and this time I fermented in a bucket and put my coconut in a sanatized bag to keep the coconut from clogging my siphon and getting into the keg.  So I was thinking of what I could do with the "spent" coconut...well, that was until I tasted it.  Let's just say my wife got a good laugh at my reaction as I tasted the coconut.  So, just out of curiosity, what do the rest of you do w/ any fruit, coconut, etc... that you've added to the fermenter?  After tasting the coconut, I can only imagine that you just throw it away, but I've been surprised at what homebrewers can come up with!
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Offline erockrph

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Re: Spent Coconut/ Fruit
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2012, 10:48:07 am »
Compost. Although I'm curious is there is any other possible use for it that someone has discovered.
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Re: Spent Coconut/ Fruit
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2012, 01:58:50 pm »
Make them into evil Christmas cookies.
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