Beer Bread Recipe
 
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Serves: 1.5 pound loaf
Ingredients
  • Bread Flour - 5 cups/650 grams
  • Instant Yeast - 1.5 tsp/5 grams
  • Warm Water - 0.5 cup/115 grams
  • Warm Beer - 1.5 cup/355 grams
  • Fine Salt - 1.5 tsp/9 grams
Instructions
  1. Measure out flour.
  2. Stir together yeast, ½ cup flour and warm water (~95°F, 35°C) in the mixer bowl.
  3. Cling wrap and ferment 30 minutes

  4. Add salt to remaining flour and mix.
  5. Add beer and remaining flour/salt into the bowl. I go back in forth with some beer then some flour.
  6. Knead 8 minutes.
  7. Cling wrap and ferment 2 hours

  8. Punch down, form. Place on parchment paper on cookie sheet or pie plate.
  9. Proof 30 minutes

  10. Place a pizza stone on a low shelf in the oven and frying pan on a high shelf.
  11. Set oven to 425°F/220°C/Gas 7
  12. Preheat for 30 minutes

  13. Dust peel with corn meal
  14. When oven preheated:
  15. Score dough
  16. Place in oven
  17. Add ¼ cup hot water to the frying pan up top
  18. Bake 35 minutes

  19. Cool on wire rack
Variations
I usually use 1 cup (130 grams) of whole wheat with 4 cups (520 grams) bread flour. If you are using a pan you can use all purpose flour.
Recipe by On Bread Alone at https://onbreadalone.com/recipes/beer-bread-recipe/