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Noob - Homebrewer/Artisan Bread Maker

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CaskDrainer

Noob - Homebrewer/Artisan Bread Maker

Hey all!

 

I am a noob to this forum - just found it.  I have been brewing beer for a long time.  I have just recently become interested in artisan bread baking.  Here are some photos of my recent experiments/projects.  

 

A batard -

 

 

 

A bread I made from the spent grain and leftover wort from a pale ale I brewed -

 

 

Here is a ciabatta I made the other day (loaf pic and crumb pic) - 

 

 

 

So far, I am really enjoying this board.  I have learned a lot from lurking here, and I hope to learn more from participating actively.

 

 

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weavershouse

Great bread. What kind of flour did you use in your ciabatta? It looks so creamy. weavershouse

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CaskDrainer

I used King Arthur unbleached white flour.  I find that it works very well.

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beanfromex

and beautiful looking breads...

 Thanks for posting the pictures.

Regards from southern mexico 

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TRK

Caskdrainer,

 I am also a homebrewer and a bread baker, but I came at it the other way, starting with bread.  I am very interested in your experience baking with spent grains.  I haven't tried it yet, primarily because of the husks in there, and the laxative side effects I have heard they can have.  I have thought about trying to remove the husks before adding the grains to the dough, but haven't gotten very far yet.  What has your experience been?

 

Tim

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CaskDrainer

The first loaf I made with my spent grain  suffered from all the problems you mentioned in your post.  I simply took grains from my mashtun and mixed up a bread with them.   It was not good.

 For the loaf you see pictured above, I took that grain straight from the mash tun but put it into a food processor and really chopoped it up good - to a sort of pasty consistency.  Then, I used this in my bread (along with bread flour - about 1/3 spent grains and 2/3 flour).  I also used some leftover wort for the liquid in the recipe.  It was pretty tasty and very hearty bread.

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demegrad

 I'm also a homebrewer, it cool to see more people who do both bake bread and brew beer.  yeast is a pretty cool thing.  Have you developed any "rules of thumb" for adding spent grains to bread.  I assume you they don't soak up water, being that you said you take them straight from the mash tun.  So maybe you hold back a little water from the bread recipe when?  I'm just wondering what your experience has been.

demegrad

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