can i brew beer and bake bread in the same house?

[deepsouth]

i'd be brewing and baking outside the house, in basically the same place.  uncovered area.  is this ok?  i heard you can't bake and brew in the same place due to the different types of yeasts. 

thanks in advance.

[colinhayes]

I do it inside all the time, and it always works.  Not sure why this could ever be an issue unless you're sprinkling baker's yeast in your beer.

[punatic]

Yes you can - no worries.

[oscarvan]

In fact..... People take yeast cakes after fermentation and make bread with them. I hear Belgian yeasts make great bread.

[hopfenundmalz]

There is a guy in our club who brews in this garage and has a small comercial bakery in the room just inside.  He has been doing this for a long long time.  His beers and his bread are both excellent.

[dogismycopilot]

I've baked bread and brewed in the same area, on the same day, with no problems.
Cheers!

[alikocho]

I do both in my kitchen. I'm just careful to keep my sourdough starters away from my pure yeast starters and beers.

[Pinski]

Its kind of become a tradition for us on brew day. We use some of the spent grain from the mash and use a bit of cooled wort to wake up the bread yeast. It's like making your beer and eating it too! Go for it!

[deepsouth]

thanks to all for dispellng the myth i've heard circulated for quite some time!

now to find a good bread book!

suggestions?

[punatic]

[tschmidlin]

Anything that starts with "New Complete" must be good

[punatic]

Bernard Clayton used to live in Hilo too.   

[gordonstrong]

[colinhayes]

this one.  He has a few others, and they're all good.

[dbeechum]

He has a few others, and they're all good.

Agreed, Reinhart is the man when it comes to baking.