This Beer Is Made From Bread Nobody Wants

Did you know that one third of the world’s total food is being wasted ? Maybe we cannot put an end to wastage of food. But what if there is a way to make use of the food that is being thrown away. What if something else can be made from the food that nobody wants. That was the light bulb moment  Mr. Tristram Stuart had. He saw the enormous amount of food being wasted, and decided that he had to something about it. He decided to make beer from the bread that nobody wants.

His determination to make use of all the food that was going to waste led to the beginning of  Toast Ale. The unsold bread and discarded loaves from bakeries, sandwich makers are used to brew beer. Pretty clever, right? It all started when Mr. Stuart tried Babylone Beer, a beer made with bread at Brussels Bear Project. Realizing that bread is being discarded in enormous quantities, he knew that something had to be done, and all roads led him to this. Toast Ale has linked up with Hackney Brewery to produce the new ale. Also, all the profits  from Toast goes to Feedback, an environmental advocacy founded by Stuart to combat global food wastage.

Now, getting to the important part. How is that we brew beer from the surplus breads. The beer is made when surplus bread is sliced and mashed to make breadcrumbs, then toasted and brewed with malted barley, hops and yeast to make a quality pale ale with a distinctive taste. The toasted bread adds caramel notes that balance the bitter hops, giving a malty taste similar to amber ales. Every 330 ml of Toast Ale uses a slice of bread that is not wanted in a household or a bakery.

In India, Suncity residents in Gurugram, have come up with an innovative way to combat food wastage. A fridge has been installed near the entrance of the apartment. Any one can leave both vegetarian and non vegetarian food in this fridge. Rahul Khera, one of the main people behind this project says that they have been receiving positive response from everyone.

With almost 24m bread slices being thrown away from the households in UK, Toast Ale is definitely a great idea when it comes to tackling food waste.“Tackling the global issue of food waste has taken me all over the world,” said Stuart. “We hope to eventually put ourselves out of business. The day there’s no waste bread is the day Toast ale can no longer exist.”

Our fingers are crossed for you, Mr. Stuart.