Toast Brewing

Toast Brewing was founded in 2016 on a fairly simple observation: an enormous amount of bread goes to waste every day, and a meaningful portion of beer's grain bill could be replaced with it. The London brewery uses surplus bread from bakeries and supermarkets in place of roughly a quarter of their malted barley, cutting the carbon footprint of each batch and keeping usable food out of landfill. Since launching, they've rescued several million slices of bread through the process.

The social enterprise structure is central to what they are: all profits go to environmental charities. That's not a side project or marketing angle — it's baked into the company's legal setup, and they hold B-Corp certification to back it up. They also received a Queen's Award, which gives some measure of their broader recognition.

The core range covers a Session IPA, Pale Ale, Lager, and a Sourdough IPA made with Jason's bakery bread. Their alcohol-free option is Changing Tides, a 0.5% lager that keeps things clean and uncomplicated. It's not their flagship product, but it fits neatly into the range and is available through the same channels as the rest: Waitrose, Co-op, Ocado, and their own site.

Toast sits in an interesting position: genuinely mission-driven, not just positioning itself that way. The beers are competent enough to stand on their own merits, but the sustainability story is the reason most people come to the brand.

The Collection

Changing Tides Lager