DoctorDuvel
Well-Known Member
Hey, has anyone ever actually made beer from Grape Nuts (or store brand equivalent)? How different would it be from using malted grains?
:fro:
:fro:
You just wouldn't be able to hear anybody talking while you're drinking it.
You just wouldn't be able to hear anybody talking while you're drinking it.
Be aware that a pound of Grape Nuts contains about 2300mg Na. If it was your primary fermentable, it could inhibit yeast growth.
that's pretty funny
It appears it's been done. Here's a little info on it from googling it. http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php?title=beer_out_of_grape_nuts&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
There was a thread a long time ago about making beer only from grocery store ingredients...as I recall grape nuts were mentioned (along with couscous, wormwood, angostura bitters, beano tablets, corn husks, Whoppers...):
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/gap-grocery-produce-beer-experiment-69313/
I remember I was watching a show on Discovery channel about brewing beer and one home brewer who had won several competitions secret ingredient was grape nuts cereal. I don't believe he was using it as the main grain, but rather a filler.
Hahahaha! Now that was laugh out loud funny!You just wouldn't be able to hear anybody talking while you're drinking it.
I found this thread while looking for info about brewing with grape nus. Just wanted to point everybody to these two articles:
http://***********/stories/recipes/article/indices/38-ingredients/488-confessions-of-a-cereal-brewer
http://***********/stories/recipes/...oelsch-a-altbier/1873-grape-nuts-koelsch-bier
It just seems like a little grape nuts flavor could be good in a beer. I might try it as an adjunct.
Hmmmm .... I don't get it. How many batches does one have to brew before it becomes unchallenging and you seek out alternative brewing methods? Whatever that number is, it must be way more than the 12 batches I have brewed.
Time to resurrect this very old thread. I brewed a beer last month using 4oz of grapenuts and 4oz of lightly toasted oats as my only specialty malts (everything else was Pale 2 row) and had a glass of it last night...
I have made some good beers and some bad beers in my time, but never a great beer until now. This is possibly the best beer I have made to date and its only 3 weeks old (2 in the primary, 1 in bottles).
If I have time this weekend I am planning a similar recipe for this weekend using 8oz of grapenuts as the only specialty grain.
I want to use just grapenut cereal as the only 'specialty grain' for this batch as it will help define the flavour it imparts easier.
I milled up my grain the bill it looks like this:
7.5lbs Pale 2-Row
1.5lbs Grapenuts cereal
Hopefully will brew tomorrow or Saturday!
Enter your email address to join: