CowboyShootist
Well-Known Member
Greetings,
I have been reading about home brewing until my eyes are practically bleeding. I have read through the forum, read the FAQs and tips posts here, have the Dummies Guide to Home Brewing and read the online Home Brewing books and blogs. I haven't found a good answer, or really any answer, to this question.
How much yeast is needed for fermentation?
I know that's a wide-open question but let me put it in perspective if I can. I recieved a starter home brew kit for Christmas with an ingredients kit for a Wheat beer. The small pamphlet that came with the brewing kit included another recipe and instructions for making your first batch of beer.
The Wheat kit included a 6g package of yeast while the recipe in the phamplet called for "one packet of Ale yeast" and the LHBS sold me a 15g package of Coppers Ale yeast for that purpose.
Hence the question about the proper amount? Can you actually have too much yeast?
Thanks in advance.
I have been reading about home brewing until my eyes are practically bleeding. I have read through the forum, read the FAQs and tips posts here, have the Dummies Guide to Home Brewing and read the online Home Brewing books and blogs. I haven't found a good answer, or really any answer, to this question.
How much yeast is needed for fermentation?
I know that's a wide-open question but let me put it in perspective if I can. I recieved a starter home brew kit for Christmas with an ingredients kit for a Wheat beer. The small pamphlet that came with the brewing kit included another recipe and instructions for making your first batch of beer.
The Wheat kit included a 6g package of yeast while the recipe in the phamplet called for "one packet of Ale yeast" and the LHBS sold me a 15g package of Coppers Ale yeast for that purpose.
Hence the question about the proper amount? Can you actually have too much yeast?
Thanks in advance.