A toast to charity: London brewery turns bread scraps into beer

In the ongoing effort to cut back on food waste, a UK charity is turning day-old bread into a delicious, caramely beer

A bottle of "TOAST" beer on dark wood
Toast holds its own against other craft beers
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In the last few years, innovators from all over the world have proposed amazing ways to use food scraps, from Dan Barber's pioneering pop-up restaurant WastEd, which created a whole menu around kitchen cast-offs, to Food & Wine's Thanksgiving menu, which included a comprehensive plan for how to use your leftovers. Now we can add the people of the London nonprofit Feedback—and the Hackney Brewery, with whom they are working—to the list: They recently started turning stale bread into beer. 

Launching in London this week, the beer, called Toast, brews cast-off bread from bakeries and delis across London with hops, barley and yeast. Proceeds go to Feedback, which aims to reduce global food waste. 

'The important thing for us was to create a beer that tasted good and stood up against other craft beers,' Jon Swain, of Hackney, told The Drinks Business in a recent interview. 'We worked hard to brew a beer that wasn’t just a fad but something that people could enjoy and would have a significant impact.'

This article originally appeared on Food & Wine 

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Melina Keays

Melina Keays is the entertaining director of Wallpaper*. She has been part of the brand since the magazine’s launch in 1996, and is responsible for entertaining content across the print and digital platforms, and for Wallpaper’s creative agency Bespoke. A native Londoner, Melina takes inspiration from the whole spectrum of art and design – including film, literature, and fashion. Her work for the brand involves curating content, writing, and creative direction – conceiving luxury interior landscapes with a focus on food, drinks, and entertaining in all its forms

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