Let's raise a toast to new beer from 'wasted' bread

LOAVES have been turned into the ultimate “liquid bread” in a new beer on supermarket shelves.

- By Tony Whitfield

Crumbs from 19,000 slices of surplus bakery bread replaced some of the malted barley to make a pale ale.

The brew is the first collaboration of Toast Brewing with South Wales-based brewer Tiny Rebel! as part of its Breaking Bread series sold in Co-op stores. The sugar in the bread is converted into alcohol and gives body and character to the ale.

A pair of hops, Mosaic and Idaho 7, adds bright notes of pineapple and a zesty citrus punch.