That sounds really interesting. Could you elaborate a bit more? I'd be interested in some of the ideas people came up with and what was the one that actually was drinkable made from.
OK, here's my recipe:
1lb powdered sugar
1 container Carnation Malted Milk
1 cup shredded wheat
2 cup grape nuts
4oz. flaked barley
1 cup corn meal
1 box Tamers Tea
1pkg Fleischman bread yeast
The Carnation Malted Milk was 1 or 2 pounds. I forget. The main ingredient is barley extract.
The Tamers Tea has hops in it. It's towards the bottom of the ingredients list. Other ingredients were lemongrass, lavender, and other stuff
I put the 2 cups of grape nuts on a cookie sheet and baked at 350° for an hour. I was hoping to get some color (didn't work as well as I thought...shoulda baked it longer).
I treated this batch like an extract batch. I steeped the corn meal, barley, baked grape nuts, and shredded wheat in 150° water for 30 min. Brought it to a boil and added the malted milk, powdered sugar, and Tamers Tea. Corn meal went right through my steeping bag.
The grocery store sold flaked barley in bulk so that was a no brainer.
The Tea made the beer taste like lemonade (sort of).
Everybody told me that bread yeast would only go to 3% or so but it took it to 5.5% which amazed me.
The winner (subjective) actually made a drinkable product that I might even classify as decent. He went to the feed store and bought chicken scratch. Then he germinated it. Then baked it it. Then he kinda cheated though by using actual hops (that he grew).
One of the entrants was that South American Chi Chi beer (the beer where you chew corn in your mouth and then spit it out).