Are black beans fermentable?

SD-SLIM · Dec 30, 2011

GatoRailBrewery said:
Maybe a chili black bean beer with a lite malt profile/starter???

Try it...if you get a good beer, I will give it another shot!

dgremark · Dec 30, 2011

Interesting! The only thing I see missing is a Jalepeno!

tre9er · Feb 9, 2013

Had anyone followed up on this? Thinking either beans as tiny % of mash or more if used in a robust beer.

GrogNerd · Feb 9, 2013

experiment going on in this thread with lentils.

black beans can't be all that different

SD-SLIM · Feb 10, 2013

GrogNerd said:
experiment going on in this thread with lentils.

black beans can't be all that different

I'm sure that they are fermentable...the question then become, what kind of beer recipe will you put them in. I used a few modified Chicha recipes, but never truly came up with one that I was in love with. Happy experimenting!

GrogNerd · Feb 10, 2013

SD-SLIM said:
I'm sure that they are fermentable...the question then become, what kind of beer recipe will you put them in. I used a few modified Chicha recipes, but never truly came up with one that I was in love with. Happy experimenting!

some one else is doing the experimenting. not enough mad scientist in me to try

my thinking is that in all the history of human civilization and the production of alcohol, if beans made good beer, there would be bean beer.