Trencher Bread

Ingredients

• Leaven:
• 2 cups hops tea
• 2 cups German wheat beer (hefe weizen)
• 1 cup spelt flour
• 1 cup barley flour
• Sponge:
• 1 cup German wheat beer (hefe weizen)
• 3 1/4 cups flour mixture (see Notes)
• 1/4 ounce active dry yeast proofed in 1/2 cup lukewarm water
• 2 cups room temperature water.