Beer from bread

{{Not to be confused with|Beer bread}}

file:Earl Grey Pale Ale can - Andy Mabbett.jpg 'Earl Grey Pale Ale' (5% ABV), made using bread, flavoured with Earl Grey tea, brewed by Adnams ]]

Although most beer is brewed using cereal grains—most commonly malted barley—as a source of starch sugars, it can also be made from bread.{{cite news |last1=Smithers |first1=Rebecca |title=Raise a toast! New beers made from leftover bread help to cut food waste |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/28/new-beers-made-from-leftover-bread-marks-and-spencer-adnams |work=The Guardian |date=28 April 2018 |language=en}}

Beers made from bread include Sahti in Finland, Kvass in Russia and Ukraine, and Bouza in Egypt{{cite web |title=Poor of Cairo drown their sorrows in moonshine – JON JENSEN |url=http://www.jonjensen.com/2010/01/28/poor-of-cairo-drown-their-sorrows-in-moonshine/ |website=www.jonjensen.com |accessdate=11 June 2018}} and Sudan.

In several countries, 'Toast Ale' is made—in a range of styles—from surplus bread from the catering trade, as part of a campaign to reduce food waste.{{cite web |title=Toast Ale - Award-winning beer brewed with fresh surplus bread |url=https://www.toastale.com/ |website=Toast Ale |accessdate=11 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=Brewery transforms unwanted bread into beer |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12116955/Brewery-transforms-unwanted-bread-into-beer.html |accessdate=11 June 2018 |date=2016}} The recipe is open source. Inspired by this, Adnams brewed a range of three beers exclusively for Marks & Spencer in 2018, using leftover bread from the store's sandwich suppliers. All the waste bread was then used as animal feed.