What if your next pint was made from yesterday's bread? This is the intriguing story behind a new ale that turns surplus loaves into a refreshing drink.

Loaves have been turned into the ultimate “liquid bread” as a new beer hits the supermarket shelves. Crumbs from 19,000 slices of surplus bakery bread replaced some of the malted barley to make a pale ale. The brew is the first collaboration of Toast Brewing with South Wales-based brewer Tiny Rebel! as part of its Breaking Bread series sold in Co-op stores. The sugar in the bread is converted into alcohol and gives body and character to the ale.

A duo of hops, Mosaic and ID-7, adds bright notes of pineapple and a zesty citrus punch. Social enterprise Toast aims to encourage more brewers to use the surplus food in their brewing, with othe

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