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Yeast quantity almost doesn't matter

Submitted by Philip Brewer on September 26, 2007 - 18:33.

I'd add one packet.

Since the yeast reproduce, it almost doesn't matter how much you add--after 20 minutes you've got twice as much, so if you add half as much it changes your total fermentation time from 10 days to 10 days 20 minutes.

All you need to do is add enough that your yeast overwhelms any wild yeast that happen to get in. (There are wild yeast in the air everwhere, so you really can't avoid them.)

And, yes--according to Dolly Freed, 5 pounds of sugar to 3 gallons of water.

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