I boiled the sugar beet to extract the sugar, You would usually use about 3lb sugar for 5 galls so about 15 lb of sugar beet. The crushed oats provided some body, I believe they break down to a sugar that yeast cannot use. They are used in commercial beers. The gorse flowers, about four pints loose, added a nice nose. Our landlord put his head up a chimney, which had a lighted fire in the grate, asked us to count how long he could do it for, then passed out on the floor.. Perhaps less than two pints for your wife!!!