Chewy, Grain-Rich Beer Bread

Another throw-'em-together bread. Amounts are approximate (as you'll see, this is a tilde-heavy description). I started with the following:

~ 1/2 bottle Black Toad Dark Ale
~ 3/4 c King Arthur Harvest Grains Blend
~ 1/2 c Country Choice Multi Grain hot breakfast cereal

Left it to soak ~30 minutes, then added

2 c AP flour
2 tsp yeast

Mixed well, then kneaded in ~ 2 tsp salt. Let it rise a little, stretch-and-fold, and then left it to rise for ~2 hours.

The dough is a dense dough, so it needed to be handled lightly. I shaped a basic batard and let it proof on parchment for ~1 1/2 hours. Baked at ~400 for ~35.

There was a bit of spring, but not a great deal as 1) I didn't bake on a stone and 2) it's a dense bread. But it came out wonderfully -- chewy, flavorful. I'm a fan.

Chewy, grain-rich ... mmm