It occured to me that with amylase used to convert starches to sugars that one might make a bean based beer. I hesitate to think what it might be like and wondered if anyone had ever tried it or knows someone who has and has a story to tell. Maybe some things are better off left alone... Comments?
There is a small brewery in the north of the UK, which brewed a 'mushy pea' beer, as a one off, with apparent success. The peas were added to the mash, not sure in what quantity. Can find the web site url if you went.
Greg
They have been doing it in Japan for a while (see below). Also there are a number of breweries that brew beer using no malted ingredients, but use a cocktail of enzymes to do the conversion of starches to sugars.
There is a patent for the Bi-Aglut gluten free beer which does just this, and as it has pateneted it the details are there for all to see. Just search for "gluten free beer" at you favourite patents office.
Compared to normal beer, the malt free beer that I have tasted at not that good.
Robert
greg town> There is a small brewery in the north of the UK, which brewed a 'mushy pea'
For those who think gluten free beer is weird, check this out.
Sapporo in Japan make a Draft One "beer", this beer contains no malt, and because of this is much cheaper than normal beer, in fact cheaper then Coka Cola. It is selling extremely well.
The ingredients are: Hops, sugars, green beans, and caramel color. In fact the "green beans" is pea isolate, basically pea protein.
Below are links to reviews by Beer Aadvocate, and a Canadian page saying how good it is (just like Canadian light beer), the Beer Advocate reviews disagree.
Robert the gluten free brewer
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