how much yeast do i use when making 5 gallons of wine?

how much yeast do i use when making 5 gallons of wine?

are you measuring it or using pkg if so use 1 pkg

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Yeast amount on average needed for 5 gallons of wine?
I get the hydrometer pretty much.

No one ever states how many ounces or grams of yeast
per gallons SG. only packages.
(That would depend on the brand one is using and how it is packaged
Example, our pack of yeast for alcohol is
8.5 oz per package..to produce how much.>? lost.

Can anyone tell me appx. how many grams or ounces
on average to use for 5 gallons.
Disregard hydrometer and sugar levels for now.

Thanks a bunch
Greatly Appreciated

Wow this was old, but that would be 5 gram to 6 or less gal.

leanback wrote:

No one ever states how many ounces or grams of yeast per gallons SG. only packages.

Leanback I feel like I should clear this up for you a little more.

First thing- Gallons obviously a measure of volume. 3.8 Liters is approx one gallon. Interesting note- many cars have 3.8 Liters of displacement which again is one gallon. I digress...

SG. SG stands for Specific Gravity. This is basically a measurement of how DENSE a liquid is. More sugar means higher density. Higher density makes things float higher in it, like how the dead sea is so salty that people have a hard time diving underwater because it makes them float more. In wine and beer making SG is a measure of how much sugar is in the liquid to be fermented and it can be read as SG or Brix which is basically percentage sugar and potential alcohol. When you measure it that is really what you are looking for your inital reading to see what your must or wort can potentially make, and then you have a baseline or starting point from which you can measure the progress of fermentation from IE your SG reading should fall as the sugar is consumed by the yeast. This does not mean your end result alcohol is falling just that the sugar content is. Most wines end below an SG of 1 which is the same as water. This is because alcohol is less dense than water, so you would expect to see and end SG of .997 or lower.

As far as the yeast goes, one package is normally 5 grams or 0.176 ounces and will be enough for approx 6 gallons of wine (5 gallons imperial).

Hope this clears it up for you.

Thank-you Bob1 and Dgreen for such quick response.

Thanks for the 5gram per 5-6 gallon that was very important.
Purchased packs from wine dealer in our area they
sale them in 8.5 oz per pack.

The one pack thing was really not making since.
5grams makes a lot more since. I'm glad I asked.

Could you tell me if this makes since?
From conversion info...... 5grams is appx. a little over a teaspoon 1.054. appx.

Appx. 1 teaspoon of wine yeast to 5gallons of potential wine ( is appx. average only)
pending fruit and sugar content.

The Balling / Brix tells me appx. how much sugar I already have in my content per oz.
I'm still lost learning how much yeast to add if reading.

If you want a laugh, The Hydrometer thing a month or more ago, we read basic info and
trying to read the Specific Gravity thing like a temperature thermometer..

Where is that silver thing. Set in sample tube, not touching sides, spin it
waited a few minutes.

Took it out of liquid, held up to light trying to see reading..funny now sort of....

As you might be a redneck if you try to read your
hydrometer by looking for the silver temperature
reading in the light after removing from your wine
start sample.

I finally got specific gravity, wish I paid more attention in science and math now.
Balling and brix I'm getting there.

I just had to share that one with anyone in the wine making hobby or just learning
you can't mess up more than this one...

Plus more to top it all off..

Went and bought another hydrometer thinking the first one didn't work.
A definite durrrrrr ..

That is a newbies True learning story of wine making.

Although it is so Very Embarrassing to write,
I hope I made any newbies learning smile, and the pros laugh.

Thank-you
Very Much for you info.

Wow. Wow. That is a big package of yeast!!

As far as the amount, a teaspoon is probably close. I know that a 1/4 oz of bread yeast is 1 and 1/4 teaspoons if that is any help.

The amount of yeast is not really dependent on the amount of sugar, the amount of volume is what really matters. You want enough yeast to populate the volume of the container, any more than 6 gallons you run the risk of not having enough yeast and that makes the yeast work a lot harder and can lead to a stuck fermentation or worse some weird nasty flavors/smells.

Your story about trying to read a hydrometer like a thermometer had me rolling. Thanks!

i think if u use a starter u can use much less yeast.

this is good to make sure your yeast is viable. but me? i just sprinkle in about 1/2 a packet that says good for 5 gallons. and im only making 1 gallon...

Cheers! and gl

LOL the hydrometer thing is funny, good luck on yor winemaking Cheers

Damage is correct you could use less if you use a starter, however I always use a yeast starter and I still use a full packet of yeast per 6 gallons. 50 cents a pack, not really worth taking that risk for funky tasting wine