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My grandmother used to drink Postum when I was growing up. I never realized it was malt-based. I may have to look into that one as well. As she recently passed away, I might have to create a brew in her honor. She was a nondrinker, but she had enough of a spunky side to appreciate somebody brewing up a batch of homebrew from her favorite breakfast drink. I can easily imagine her sneaking a nip when she thought nobody was looking  |
What a great idea!!!! I remember postum from a period of time when I was young and had digestive problems. Just the mere mention of it in your story just kinda triggered a comfortable, warm feeling.
Maybe a porter with it? It's been a couple decades but I'm reminded of oats and mollases.....Though the wiki article says "Postum was made from wheat bran, wheat, molasses, and maltodextrin from corn. "
There's also a breakfast cereal that reminds me of it, I wanna say it's cracklin oat brand or something like that. They're round, dark and oaty....you could use that directly in the mash.
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05-27-2011, 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by jcobbs
My grandmother used to drink Postum when I was growing up. I never realized it was malt-based. I may have to look into that one as well. As she recently passed away, I might have to create a brew in her honor. She was a nondrinker, but she had enough of a spunky side to appreciate somebody brewing up a batch of homebrew from her favorite breakfast drink. I can easily imagine her sneaking a nip when she thought nobody was looking |
Never knew any of my grandparents, but that's a nice thought! 
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05-27-2011, 03:36 AM
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Alas, Postum is no longer made. The closest things I could find were drinks called Pero and Cafix. Both have roasted barley and malt, I think. Anybody ever try brewing anything with either of them?
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05-27-2011, 12:40 PM
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Apparently now from what Im reading , postum may be out of production and not available anymore. Hmmmm, I havent seen it in a while but I never even looked for it. If its not available , there is supposedly another drink called Pero that is the same. Also something called Cafix.
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05-27-2011, 01:11 PM
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If you look there are a ton of postum "clone" recipes out there. And the flavors are pretty easy to recreate- It's pretty much wheat bran, wheat and molasses. Like I said, even putting that cereal (if I could remember the name) directly in the mashtun like I've done with gingersnaps and other's have done with oatmeal cookies as well as various breakfast cereals.
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05-27-2011, 10:35 PM
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Would you be thinking of Grape Nuts by any chance? If so that would really be interesting as my grandmother's favorite breakfast was a cup of Postum and a bowl of Grape Nuts.
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05-28-2011, 01:27 AM
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Would you be thinking of Grape Nuts by any chance? If so that would really be interesting as my grandmother's favorite breakfast was a cup of Postum and a bowl of Grape Nuts.
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No but that would be cool. These are really dense and really dark "O" shaped cereal. They're really hard IIRC, and really have a molasses taste to them. When I look online it looks like cracklin oat brain, but I thought they were darker.
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I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew
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05-28-2011, 02:02 AM
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I have had the cereal you're talking about, but the name escapes me as well. Might be Cracklin' Oat Bran. In the meantime I may keep an eye out for either Pero or Cafix.
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02-01-2012, 05:26 PM
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Can't believe all you guys are interested in this craziness! Did the world suddenly run out of beer and everybody's desperate? Or is chocolate-flavored hooch going to be the next big craze? Nevertheless I will let you know how it goes. At the moment I still have it stored in my shop, but considering we are under a winter storm watch and it's not supposed to get above freezing tomorrow, I may have to bring a few bottles in to get them up to Revvy's proverbial 3/70 conditioning situation.  |
Judging by this weeks release of Sexual Chocolate.. you sir are a future teller.
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