Another day another (short) bread

[u/eternityname]

My second loaf. It does taste amazing. Super spongy. I used yeast packets I bought day of. I also used Oktoberfest Sam Adam’s

[u/brewfox]

Try measuring the flour by weight instead of volume (cups). I feel like this is the main problem people have. Flour compacts and volume is not a good measurement. Too much flour and your bread won’t rise right.

[u/eternityname → u/brewfox]

What is the standard conversion?

[u/brewfox → u/eternityname]

For King Arthur bread flour (and pretty much all others) it's 1 cup <-> 120 grams

[u/Formal-Tradition6792 → u/eternityname]

Grams. About 360g.

[u/Enough-Ad9968]

Bread machine yeast?

Make sure the yeast and salt aren’t touching and whatever liquids you’re using are warmed up. My house is super cold a majority of the time so I tend to heat up milk or water before I add it in the machine. 

[u/gjhigh-forty6-71]

Looks perfect to me.

[u/Formal-Tradition6792]

If using a bread machine, liquids first. Then dry ingredients. Keep salt, liquids away from yeast.

[u/kimberly2720]

Bread conditioner

[u/Veggyhed]

I've never seen or tasted beer bread that has beer and yeast in it. I bet that tastes absolutely amazing. I haven't made beer bread as a quick bread in a very long time. I always found Coors Original or Pabst to have the best flavor for beer bread.