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The drink was an inexpensive way to consume and preserve grains.

You can also use the spent grains, and the yeasty sediment from the bottom of the fermentation vessel, to make bread with. I suspect that the first yeast breads were made because somebody decided to get multiple uses out of their brewed grains.

Getting the right proportion takes some experimenting. I've done it once using the sediment from a batch of wine, and it worked well enough, but I should have used more in the batch. This provides a way to grow your own yeast, for those of us who don't like the sour part of sourdough bread.

I'll probably have quite the brewery going if I have to survive on what I grow. I recently learned that my chronic pain disorder is actually the result of an inability to metabolize arginine into agmatine. Taking agmatine sulfate supplements eliminated all my symptoms overnight! But, if I can't buy agmatine, I'll have to produce it somehow, and yeast is the most promising option. But that's going to require a lot of yeast!

Ellendra; I can see using the mash for your farm animals, but that is the first I have heard about using it for bread!

Brewers yeast is very good source of B vitamins and can be used to give a Cheesy Uami taste.

You probably have your own Brewing source somewhere in Wisconsin. (I dunnoh....Are their brewing supplies in Wisconsin? :) But here is another!

Northern Brewer Home Brewing supplies

Survival foods! Beside Potatos, turnips, carrots, and Rutabagas are good choices and all store well for a long time. In season, turnips are just about the fastest growing vegetable. You can eat them, your animals can eat them. (So can wild animals...Other readers....fencing is probably the first thing a starting gardener should buy! Ellendra...I know you already know this!)

(I am making cider right now....I may use it to make vinegar later!)