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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Beer from mesquite bean flour

My first try, using materials from Home Brew Fetish in Bandera St., used only the mesquite as the ingredient. The yeast did her thing and so did the mesquite flour, the end product is a beer worth of the Vikings, strong, woody, past new, taste and smell. 3 Home Brew hombres, did not care for it either. Need to use a beer formula and flavor it with mesquite flour.
As soon as I get it done will tell you about it.

II Trial

Used American Light from Iron Master ID IP142AG product of UK in came in a 64 oz can. I added my mesquite flour to it and my final Brix was 15, after 8 days at 70-74 degrees it came down to 7.5 degrees Brix. I used a spoon full of mesquite flour per bottle. After a week the product is drinkable although strong and with a significant presence, very light amount of head from secondary fermentation.
I did get asked for seconds this time.

The Mesquite tree

The Mesquite tree
Many strong roots

The history and possibilities of the tree: Mesquite. (Prosopis glandulosa glandulosa mostly in Texas, palida, other variants of this species Prosopis )

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M.S in Microbiology, Wichita State University 1959. Worked for Pet Milk and H.J.Heinz (Mexico), and since 1973 retired consultant for food and feed industries.