'TOAST' Ale !

[Tony1951]

Beer made with discarded bread.... Hmmmm.

Toast Ale By Hackney Brewery. www.toastale.com


From their website
"We source beautiful, fresh bread that would otherwise be wasted. We give new life to artisan breads that are unsold by bakeries at the end of the day. We find a loving home for crust ends of loaves that are automatically discarded by sandwich manufacturers. We’d love to inspire people to turn their own bread leftovers into beer.

We slice, toast and mash the bread to make breadcrumbs ready for the brewing process. It’s brewed with malted barley, hops and yeast by master brewers in Hackney. The toasted bread adds caramel notes that balance the bitter hops, giving a malty taste similar to amber ales and wheat beers."

Maybe my ends of home made wholemeal loaves don't need to be re-processed through the dog after all.

 

[Twostage]

It was on that Jamie Oliver thing last night but I missed the bit where they made it. Going to watch it on catchup.

 

[Smileyr8]

It was on that Jamie Oliver thing last night but I missed the bit where they made it. Going to watch it on catchup.

Everybody who tasted it on the program was saying it was very good 8%ABV though, it looked to not be very clear (I am guessing due to bread being made from wheat), not that that matters too much to me but to the general public I can see this being a problem.

I think they replaced 30% of the malt with stale bread (I am guessing it was stale as they were breaking it up with a potato masher), they also mentioned that less hops were used stating that the bread actually increases hop utilisation.

 

[Halfacrem]

Everybody who tasted it on the program was saying it was very good 8%ABV though, it looked to not be very clear (I am guessing due to bread being made from wheat), not that that matters too much to me but to the general public I can see this being a problem.

I think they replaced 30% of the malt with stale bread (I am guessing it was stale as they were breaking it up with a potato masher), they also mentioned that less hops were used stating that the bread actually increases hop utilisation.

I believe the Belgium beer featured in the program was around 8%, but not sure if this brew is (it doesn't state it on the website, so might be up in that area).

It's a novel idea and I wouldn't mind trying it, though the thought of dumping in a few slices of plastic sliced doesn't really add any attraction.

 

[Covrich]

I was wondering when this would pop up!

I will have a slice of that! You butter believe it!!, good job on spreading the news, any of you jammy gits tried one?

All serious does sound an interesting addition. Wasn't someone here saying they would try sugar puffs in their mash?

 

[Kman]

I was wondering when this would pop up!

I will have a slice of that! You butter believe it!!, good job on spreading the news, any of you jammy gits tried one?

All serious does sound an interesting addition. Wasn't someone here saying they would try sugar puffs in their mash?

Sugar puff beer sounds like a winner, although only for breakfast [emoji6]

 

[Sonnal]

Sugar puff beer sounds like a winner, although only for breakfast [emoji6]

You could add it to your rice crispies for a little snap, crackle and burp! :whistle:

 

[Tony1951]

Sugar puff beer sounds like a winner, although only for breakfast [emoji6]

Nah - making beer with refined sugar should be a crime. :)

Have you seen that funny saying (might be a Homer Simpson one) that goes -

"Beer is so much more than a breakfast drink."

 

[Tony1951]

I 'toast' the authors of all the grotesque puns in this thread. :)

 

[MyQul]

I think you can also put weetabix in your beer for head retention, etc instead of using something like torrefied wheat

 

[Notlaw]

If you made a beer with Sugar Puffs, would your p**s smell of Sugar Puffs later on, like it does if you eat them.?

 

[Dutto]

If you made a beer with Sugar Puffs, would your p**s smell of Sugar Puffs later on, like it does if you eat them.?

This Forum is a mine of useless information ... :thumb:

... which is why I like it so much. :smile:

On a serious note, how many sugar puffs do you have to eat to smell it in your pish??

I know from my "lager and lime" days that it took eight to ten pints before the smell of lime-juice materialised the next morning; and that was when I still had a sense of smell. :whistle:

 

[Notlaw]

This Forum is a mine of useless information ... :thumb:

... which is why I like it so much. :smile:

On a serious note, how many sugar puffs do you have to eat to smell it in your pish??

I know from my "lager and lime" days that it took eight to ten pints before the smell of lime-juice materialised the next morning; and that was when I still had a sense of smell. :whistle:

One bowl full and by lunchtime I can smell it. Weird.

 

[clibit]

Various 'breakfast cereals' are used as beer ingredients commercially, under another guise. Puffed wheat is a form of torrified wheat. Weetabix are made from flaked wheat. Corn flakes are a form of flaked maize. Shredded wheat is another form of unmalted wheat. Puffed rice works. And sugar and honey coatings are both beer ingredients of course.

 

[Tony1951]

The dog is going to hate me if I stop adding the ends of stale wholemeal loaves to his dinner and save them up to go in my mash tun / boiler. He won't eat it until I crumble some dry bread onto his food.

 

[MyQul]

The dog is going to hate me if I stop adding the ends of stale wholemeal loaves to his dinner and save them up to go in my mash tun / boiler. He won't eat it until I crumble some dry bread onto his food.

Aww!. Just give him the finished product instead - beer.

 

[MyQul]

Various 'breakfast cereals' are used as beer ingredients commercially, under another guise. Puffed wheat is a form of torrified wheat. Weetabix are made from flaked wheat. Corn flakes are a form of flaked maize. Shredded wheat is another form of unmalted wheat. Puffed rice works. And sugar and honey coatings are both beer ingredients of course.

I'm thinking of doing the Dark American Lager recipe from GH's book. That has flaked maize in so I could just chuck some corn flakes in instead. Breakfast Lager!

 

[Twostage]

The dog is going to hate me if I stop adding the ends of stale wholemeal loaves to his dinner and save them up to go in my mash tun / boiler. He won't eat it until I crumble some dry bread onto his food.

Dog - "Look, the master is taking a picture, look cute".
Cat - "I'll sit for the photo but I'm hating it".

 

[Smileyr8]

I think you can also put weetabix in your beer for head retention, etc instead of using something like torrefied wheat

I have also seen this, though I have never tried it apparently it give a "fantastic head" oh er missus to a stout.

 

[Tony1951]

Aww!. Just give him the finished product instead - beer.

He loves beer and anytime I am daft enough to put my tankard down by my chair or if he is on the couch with me, he sidles up - sneaky like and next thing I hear is him lapping up the ale. He likes a nice strong IPA if he can get it. He watches me like a hawk if I have a tankard in my hand, plotting all the while as to how he can get a sup of it. He's a devil - fighting mad even when sober. I can NEVER let him off the lead. He will fight anything with its b*ll*cks on if it is a canine - no matter what size and he wins too. Very quick and full on. The embarrassment he has caused me is serious. Don't let that angelic look and chumming up with the cat deceive you - he nearly had the face off an aggressive male labrador on Easter Monday when it ran up to him and growled. I was mortified..It was about three times his weight too.