Would bread crumbs compensate for yeast packets?

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  1. Pierceherveil

    Pierceherveil Initiate (0) Feb 22, 2016

    I some times find myself without yeast packets and am always eager to try crumbling up a few slices of bread into crumbs, then adding it to juice (or water) and 2 cups a sugar and see if it'll ferment. The reason i'm asking this is because different people tell me bread crumbs would ferment just as well as straight yeast, but i also have people telling me that it would not ferment at all because the bread has been cooked. Any tips?
    I'd much rather just by a loaf of bread and use maybe 1 or two slices every time i want to make a batch.
     
    #1 Pierceherveil, Feb 22, 2016
  2. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Yeast die at baking temperatures. The friends that told you this don't brew beer, do they?
     
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  3. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Sure do that and report back on your experiment. Make sure to do a blind triangle taste test with the control beer that had the package of bakers yeast. Have a large sample of judges, make sure the positive selections prove the experiment was statistically valid. If it is valid, I can save big money on yeast in the future.
     
    #3 hopfenunmaltz, Feb 22, 2016
  4. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    Try it and find out! Please report back on your results!

    I don't understand how you have all of the other ingredients to brew but don't have any dry yeast on hand.
     
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  5. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    If it starts fermenting, the it is from the wild, not from the bread, unless the bread sat on the counter and picked up wild yeast.
    EDIT: sorry meant wild not dry
     
    #5 donspublic, Feb 22, 2016
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  6. Pierceherveil

    Pierceherveil Initiate (0) Feb 22, 2016

    Thanks everyone! I will most likely just stick to buying yeast. It's pretty cheap and i don't need to use much of it to brew anyway.
     
    #6 Pierceherveil, Feb 22, 2016
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  7. chipawayboy

    chipawayboy Pooh-Bah (2,181) Oct 26, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Wtf. Troll.
     
    #7 chipawayboy, Feb 22, 2016
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  8. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    No worries. I look forward to many years of discourse here in your newfound home.
     
    #8 VikeMan, Feb 22, 2016
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  9. mikehartigan

    mikehartigan Maven (1,421) Apr 9, 2007 Illinois

    It'll work, but some of the enzymes necessary for fermentation are denatured by the heat of baking. You can replace those enzymes by pitching a sufficient quantity of fresh yeast along with the bread crumbs. One packet of US-05 should do the trick.

    :rolling_eyes:
     
    #9 mikehartigan, Feb 22, 2016
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  10. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    That's how I get that great biscuit breast like flavors in my beer.
     
    #10 GetMeAnIPA, Feb 22, 2016
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  11. Seacoastbrewer

    Seacoastbrewer Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2012 New Hampshire

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  12. ipas-for-life

    ipas-for-life Savant (1,041) Feb 28, 2012 Virginia

    This was the first thing I thought of when I read the thread. I saw someone get bused for making it on Lock up
     
    #12 ipas-for-life, Feb 22, 2016
  13. ipas-for-life

    ipas-for-life Savant (1,041) Feb 28, 2012 Virginia

    "In 2004 at the American Homebrewers Association's National Homebrew Conference in Las Vegas, a pruno competition and judging was held"

    Laughed when I read this. Did you add this part to the wiki Seacoastbrewer? I once added false information to a wiki page to win a bet. However I did admit to doing so before payment was made.
     
    #13 ipas-for-life, Feb 22, 2016
  14. Seacoastbrewer

    Seacoastbrewer Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2012 New Hampshire

    That's a negative and it looks like there is a source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pruno-303659-lynch-county.html
     
    #14 Seacoastbrewer, Feb 22, 2016
  15. Soneast

    Soneast Pooh-Bah (1,751) May 9, 2008 Wisconsin
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    Yeah I love breast flavor in my beer too. Milk Stout anyone?
     
    #15 Soneast, Feb 22, 2016
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  16. DunkelFester

    DunkelFester Zealot (607) Aug 24, 2004 Pennsylvania

    Why is this still a thread?
     
    #16 DunkelFester, Feb 22, 2016
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  17. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    This is how beer was made thousands of years ago...(with wild yeast...come to think of it, it was all wild in the beginning)
    Welcome to BAHB forum :slight_smile:
     
    #17 GreenKrusty101, Feb 22, 2016
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