Brussels brewer uses leftover bread to make beer

[gcarter]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/belgium-beer-bread-idUSL6N0WS2LW20150417

Anybody here ever do this?

Might be interesting.

 

[unionrdr]

Never did it myself, but it looks like only a small percentage of the total malts used. This was also done by the Ancient German tribes at the time the Romans first came through. They considered it "pig swallow". They used partly baked barley loaves in the kettle.

 

[beergolf]

The ancient Egyptians made beer from bread.

 

[BGBC]

See: Kvass

The Mad Fermentationist has several entries on it. The first one from google:
Kvass

 

[beergolf]

See: Kvass

The Mad Fermentationist has several entries on it. The first one from google:
Kvass

That was the other one I was thinking of. Brain could not come up with the name.

 

[Talgrath]

Interesting idea, though I somewhat doubt bread waste is as much an issue in the US; most grocery stores sell more prepackaged bread than fresh bread.

 

[unionrdr]

A lot of places here now give their old bread to the food bank. Panera among them.