Thoughts: They’re actually pretty good! They are a smidge chewy fresh from the oven, with a more muted rye flavor than the bread from which it started. They’re excellent with a bit of sharp, hard cheese, washed down with a bit of beer. They turn quite hard by the next day, but could easily be…
Category: spent grain
Apple Beer SG – Maple Oatmeal Scones
Thoughts: Dense, lightly spiced, and a little too easy to eat, these might be my favorite use yet of spent grain. They’re hearty, but the spent grain doesn’t overwhelm the scone, giving it instead a rustic, country-cottage feel. They’re much heftier than my usual batch of currant scones, so I might continue to try and…
Apple Beer Barley Pudding
Thoughts: This is a rustic, cottage sort of a pudding, but the whiskey whipped cream elevates it up and beyond ordinary tastiness. The spent grains from the apple beer give the pudding some husky body, but the regular barley helps keep the texture from being too rough. The cloud of boozy whipped cream adds yet…
Apple Beer Trub Bread
“Trub” is the name for that yeasty sludge left in the bottom of a carboy after the beer has been racked out. With many beers, the trub will absorb the bitterness from the hops, leaving an unpleasant set of flavors to work with. With the apple beer, however, there’s so little of the hops used…
Cooking: Chicken and Spent Grain Barley Stew
Thoughts: This is a great use of leftovers, both chicken and spent grain. Although the broth is not especially thick, it is savory and satisfying. Chunks of root vegetables add splashes of color and substance. I didn’t have much meat left to go into my batch: just one large drumstick. But shredded up and torn…
Basic Spent Grain Bread
Thoughts: I played around a bit and came up with this great, simple recipe for bread with spent grain. As with most recipes, it’s a starting point. Feel free to innovate and add other seeds, grains, flours, oats, sugars, etc. to make it your own. Just be sure to share your results! I certainly plan…
Game of Brews 