brewers' spent grains

== English == === Alternative forms === brewers' spent grain brewers spent grains brewers spent grain brewer's spent grains brewer's spent grain === Noun === brewers' spent grains pl (plural only) A byproduct from brewing that is comparable to the distillers' grains from distilling and can be put to some of the same uses, such as animal feed supplementation; it comprises what is left of the malted grains after the fermentation, which includes much cellulose, lignin, other fiber, and proteins. Alternative form: BSG (initialism) Hypernyms: grain, grains Coordinate term: distillers' grains Near-synonym: draff (sometimes synonymous)