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I've brewed the original smash recipe from Clibit, an Amarillo pale ale, a Belgian witbier, and a turbo cider. The Amarillo was amazing, got lots or praise from friends and relatives. The witbier was ok to start and got a lot better as it conditioned. The turbo cider was so easy to brew and was...

Had a couple of mine over weekend. Still has the grainy aftertaste but it's not too strong. Not my favourite beer but it's ok. The new one I have on the go smells so much better.

I've just pulled another sample as it's just short of three weeks now. It's a lot clearer, smells like beer, and the taste has improved too. It still has a bit of a bitter/grainy aftertaste but it's certainly drinkable. It's pretty much bang on 1.014 now. Plan is to bottle it later and leave it...

I only have the one FV. So am I correct in thinking 2 weeks in the FV to ferment, then I'd be ok to bottle/keg it and leave it for 4 weeks to condition and clear?

Thanks for the quick reply. I did add protafloc at the end of the boil, but I'm presuming you mean to now add to the FV? I'll leave it until next weekend then before I bottle it.

I've just taken a sample and used the hydrometer to test the gravity as it's been fermenting for exactly a week now. Gravity is currently about 1017 taking into account the temperature adjustment, so it's not far off where it needs to be. It smells perfect but is really cloudy and doesn't taste...

The hops themselves smelled fine. Same with the grain. Perhaps it's just my untrained nose not familiar with the smells combined.

Yeah it did have a really strong malty smell to start with, and it was only once the hops went in that it stank. It didn't help that we managed to spill it all over when transferring to the FV. There's no smell at all now it's sat happily fermenting away.

I finally got around to brewing my first all grain brew using the BIAB method with no sparge based on Clibit's original recipe but doubled quantity. I was aiming for a 10l batch so started with 14l in the kettle to allow for boil off and grain absorption. Strike temperature was 72c which dropped...

Just bought and took delivery of a Klarstein Füllhorn Mash Kettle off the back of reading through this full thread. Currently just sat trying to order what else is needed to make a BIAB beer from Clibit's recipe and instructions on page 1. I've only made 1 Wilko kit to date so I'm very green...