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The ingredients needed to cook Sourdough Beer Bread (Schwarzbierbrot):

1. You need of SOURDOUGH PRE-DOUGH:.
2. Use 120 g of Rye flour.
3. Prepare 110 ml of water (slightly less than 1/2 cup).
4. You need 1 Tbsp of sourdough starter/mother (12 g).
5. Take of POOLISH PRE-DOUGH:.
6. Get 110 g of whole wheat or whole grain spelt flour.
7. Get 110 ml of water (slightly less than 1/2 cup).
8. Take 2 pinches of active dry yeast.
9. Prepare of MAIN DOUGH:.
10. Use 1 batch of each Finished sourdough + poolish from above.
11. Take 270 g of bread flour.
12. Use 115 g of dark beer or brown ale (1/2 cup).
13. Prepare 2 g of active dry yeast (1/2 tsp).
14. Provide 10 g of kosher salt (2 tsp).
15. Use 10 g of honey, optional (2 tsp).
16. Use 1 handful of each flaxseed and sunflower seeds (optional).

Steps to make Sourdough Beer Bread (Schwarzbierbrot):

1. In separate bowls, mix together the ingredients for the Sourdough Pre-dough and the Poolish Pre-dough. Cover each bowl with plastic and let it at room temp for about 20 hours..
2. After 20 hours the Sourdough Pre-dough should be a little frothy and bigger. The Poolish Pre-dough will be bubbly and bigger..
3. In a large bowl, mix together the two pre-doughs and the rest of the ingredients (except for flaxseed and sunflower seeds) until it comes together into a sticky lumpy dough..
4. Remove the dough onto a well-floured cutting board and knead with the palm of your hands: push the dough down with your hand, fold in over itself and push down again, rotating as you go..
5. Knead for 15-17 minutes. The dough will become more elastic and smooth. If it sticks a lot to the surface or your hands while kneading, dust with a little more flour and scrape up the dough from the surface to incorporate back in..
6. If mixing in flaxseed/sunflower seeds, gradually knead them into the dough after the 15 minutes of kneading..
7. Form into a ball and return to the bowl. Cover with plastic and let rise for 2 hours at room temp (the the dough over itself after 1 hour and return to bowl)..
8. After 2 hours of rising, remove the dough, turn upside down and fold the sides up to form into a ball again (this helps make sure the exposed part of the dough's skin gets moistened again. Let sit for 20 minutes covered with wrap..
9. Form the round dough into a long, cylindrical loaf. Place it fold-side down on parchment paper and let rise for another 30 minutes..
10. Meanwhile preheat oven to 480°F/250°C. Place a shallow pan at the bottom rack which we'll use to create steam later. (prepare some boiling water for this too).
11. When ready to bake, cut a 1 cm deep slit down the center of the bread. (I sprinkled the top of my bread with flaxseed, but I don't recommend this because it got too dark during baking)..
12. Place the loaf on the center rack on a baking sheet and pour boiling water into the pan below it. Bake for 10 minutes, then carefully remove the tray of steaming water. Turn oven down to 430°F/220°C and bake for 30-35 minutes until the crust is dark and crisp..
13. Remove from oven and let cool on a rack for about 1 hour..
14. Slice and enjoy with butter, cheese, or your favorite accompaniments with bread :).

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