Brewing with cheatgrass

MicroCat · Sep 28, 2012

Did anyone hear the discussion on Talk of the Nation: Science Friday about cheatgrass? It's an invasive grass in the western US, but apparently it can be used in brewing beer.

Here is the abstract from the original report.

jskinner10 · Sep 28, 2012

Just listened to this while driving home. I had my first exposure to cheat grass in 2010 while excavating a paleoindian site in Idaho. I despised cheat grass but I'm very interested in learning more about using it in brewing.

rossi46 · Sep 28, 2012

We have tons of that stuff out here in eastern WA. May have to give it a try

dstranger99 · Sep 28, 2012

Damn, I'm in Va, All we have is that wire grass everywhere...........

GuitarGumption · Sep 28, 2012

Wow, cool idea to help curb an invasive species. Sounds kind of similar to the ...was it a type of asian carp that has infested the Missisippi? I read somewhere that the only way to possibly reduce that threat was to give it a tasty name and convince restaurants and stores to carry it all over the country.

Sir Humpsalot · Sep 28, 2012

Is it gluten free?

jskinner10 · Sep 29, 2012

Not sure if it's gluten free. Keep on mind though it's apparently not self converting so you'd need something with the ability to convert it. The professor who was interviewed used six row.

BromusTech · Oct 8, 2012

It is not gluten free, it is very high gluten according to the tests we have performed. All questions regarding cheatgrass beer can be answered by me. My wife and I are the inventors and I am the brewer. FYI it is illegal to harvest this stuff, we have special permission from the BLM.

koch711 · Oct 8, 2012

Cheatgrass grows in alot more places than on BLM land where it wouldn't be illegal to harvest.

BromusTech · Oct 11, 2012

The only place it is legal to harvest would be private land.

koch711 · Oct 11, 2012

Well outside of the west, that is the vast majority of land.

BromusTech · Oct 12, 2012

The west is where the cheatgrass problem is, so that is where our focus lies. I am not aware of much cheatgrass too far east.

ACbrewer · Oct 12, 2012

I wonder if this will come under the 'careful what you wishfor' I mean once it becomes a major product in Beer, will it become a crop instead of a weed?

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