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Hi John, I'm new to homebrewing and was wondering what a good sugar to yeast ratio is for a 5 gallon batch?

thanks
Joe

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Joe

Please provide me with more info:before I can be specific

are you referring to priming?
are you referring to fermentation?
are you brewing from a recipe?if so what does the recipe call for?

Speaking in generalities

Priming:use corn sugar--3/4 cup/5 gallon of beer
fermentation:use invert sugar( mix of glucose&fructose)30% tops.
Yeast--usage rates depends on type brew,and amount of extract.  

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