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I recently started an LME brew. I used Safale 04 yeast. In the past my fermentation rarely lasted more than 14 days. This one has been going for 18 days. I am worried that the wort may go sour. I've been watching gravity but even so the air lock is still bubbling. How does yeast strain...

Thanks to all for the advice. I made a tea of 3 oz of Citra hops for a 3 gallon batch of 2 row lme. Nice, light kind of beer. My wife said a little bitter on the finish. Will try hallertau next time.

OK, I did a little research. First of all I found out what IBU refers to. Then I found out that Modelo Especial has an IBU of 19. So, I conclude that my wife likes a hopped beer with an IBU of 19. Then I found that things get complicated when trying to determine how much hops to add to a wort...

Thanks to everyone. Some really good ideas here. I like the idea of a hops tea. Sounds like a good way to add a little bitterness to the beer without boiling the wort. Also, finding a clone extract for something she likes is promising. Meanwhile, I'll stick with IPAs for myself

She does like Smithwicks, guiness (but it's too filling), as for regular beers she does like Modelo.

She doesn't like the bitterness.

I get it. I recently made an all grain beer, an American ale. My wife doesn't like a hopped beer like that or IPAs. So, I thought I'd try this. I don't have a great deal of hope. Looking at my recipes from 35 years ago using Blue Ribbon, I see that the extract was hopped. At any rate, I'd...

Tks, Island Lizard. I kind of thought the same. I'm using non-hopped extract and I'm not adding hops to it.

As I mentioned in my introductory post, 35 or so years ago I made what I considered a decent brew with Blue Ribbon LME. I used one 3 lb can, additional water, brown sugar and some other minor ingredients to make a 5 gallon batch. I recently started a batch of ale with a 3 pound container of...

I am not entirely new to zymurgy, I've made wine for several years, processing several hundred pound of grapes a year. I used to make beer, 40 years ago. My recipe was a very simple thing. It was based on Blue Ribbon malt extract. Actually, I thought it was pretty good. At any rate, it's...