Rice Hulls - Newcastle area?

[SBOB]

Anyone know of a source of rice hulls in Newcastle area (or somewhere that ships them without costing a heap)?

Wouldn't mind having them in the arsenal for options with the new 1v recirc setup.

Brewman use to but no longer does.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

You could try some of the pet shops, I got a big bag full for $4.00, don't know what they use it for maybe for rabbits or guinea pigs.

 

[mofox1]

There is a chook place near me that does them in bulk amounts. I think I've also heard them used with horses...

So yar, as WEAL said, pet shops, but maybe also try farm supply outlets.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Actually rice hulls are more beneficial to the brewer than just sticking in the mash, those growing hops or serious gardeners rice hulls are beneficial when made in to bio char, easy to do and exceptionally good around the hop plants, a good source of trace elements.
Anyone doing hydroponics it is a useful substitute for perlite.
Must be made into bio char rice hulls take years to break down when simply added to the garden.

Table 1. Properties of fresh rice husk biochar and wood biochar used in this experiment​

 

[Batz]

A.G. supplies, used for horse bedding. Cheap azz.....are they food grade? I know it's coming. B)

 

[JDW81]

A.G. supplies, used for horse bedding. Cheap azz.....are they food grade? I know it's coming. B)

Before or after they've been used for horse bedding?

 

[Batz]

Before or after they've been used for horse bedding?

Brett, horse blanket. Should fit in well.

 

[Lemon]

I just checked Brewman, he stocks them

 

[SBOB]

checked his website or checked with him personally?
His website still lists it but he doesnt have them when I ordered them 2 months ago, and we even discussed it when I picked them up. Not enough demand to bother, and with 125kg bales taking up about 1m2 he doesn't have the space to store it for the minimal turn over/profit it would return.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I would like to know how is the rice hulls for litter any different to rice hulls for brewing, if the rice hulls for litter is sterilized what more can be done with it?

 

[Batz]

I would like to know how is the rice hulls for litter any different to rice hulls for brewing, if the rice hulls for litter is sterilized what more can be done with it?

Opening a can of worms mate.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

When I was a kid we used to get truck loads delivered to the farm as cow food

Comes straight out of the rice mill next door without any further processing.


http://www.coprice.com.au/rice/rice-hull-bedding-v15-167

 

[BottloBill]

Raymond Terrace rural traders may be able to help

 

[Brewman_]

Hi Guys,
Yes I used to have rice hulls. I do not have them at the moment, and the website should reflect, that they are out of stock.

If I can get them again I will, but I can't at the moment.

An alternative..... It may or may not help, depending on the recipe. When you crack Malted Oats the husk is almost the same as a rice husk. If you can work a little of that into your recipe? I know it's not going to work for every beer.

On what goes into a Mash brew, none of the malts are sanitised, let alone sterilised. Just one of the reasons we boil. In the brew shop they must be separated from what goes in post boil - cold side, then your on the clean sanitised side, yeasts, hops, what ever else you want to put into a fermenter.

If I can get them back I will.

Cheers Steve

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I would agree 125 kilo bale is a large amount to keep in stock for the purpose of a brewers, I think the smallest quantity available is 50 kg bags, which has to be sterilized if being used for poultry litter or as stu said a lot is used for animal fodder after being processed into pellets.
The link put up by stu is feed safe accredited.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

We used to get raw hulls delivered. Was awesome to play in, but could get a bit itchy

 

[dicko]

In a past life I used to cart it from Leeton to Portland for making stock feed pellets.

Worst crap I ever loaded and carted in my life.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Yeah its crap stuff. Very light and you only had to breath out near it to make to go everywhere

 

[zoigl]

I understand that barley husks are also used for horse bedding, I have heard of people using these for brewing.

I read of some one making rice hull tea and tried it myself.
Get a French press coffee maker, from Vinnies, add a cup of rice hulls and Boiling water, I guarantee that you will never use neat rice hulls again. The stink of tannins is something to behold!

I used rice hulls stewed over night this way for a few months refreshing them with filtered water and then gave them away, I do not use rice hulls any more. my wife loves them for the chook bedding.

Beer Belly, Adelaide, has them if you want to pay the post.

 

[Batz]

I did the same thin, I bought a big bag of them from a brew shop. Made a tea with some and promptly tipped the whole lot on the chook house floor.