"Jack Keller" > wrote in message
om...
> As for other uses for lees, I dump them on my wife's roses and they
> seem to love them. I used to worry about the residual alcohol doing
> harm to the roses, but there has never been any substantive basis for
> that early anxiety. The roses really thrive on the lees.

My sister lives on a dairy farm. The cows are fed grain, hay, silage (leafy
greens that are ML fermented like sauerkraut) and lees from the Anchor Steam
Brewery! Talk about contented cows... :^)

Tom S