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SMASH Monthly Club Meeting

Are you an active homebrewer looking to join a club? Are you a novice or even a prospective homebrewer looking to learn a little bit about the hobby? Join us for our monthly club meeting! We meet on the first Tuesday of the month from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Unauthorized Brewing in North Beach, MD.
What can you expect from a SMASH meeting? We’re all pretty laid back individuals with varying degrees of experience, and our meetings reflect that. We’ll discuss anything new to the club, upcoming events, open the floor for members to discuss anything else, and then we’ll finish things up by sharing homebrew!
Our meetings are always free to join. While certainly not a requirement, we invite attendees to bring any homebrew they’d like to share – beer, wine, cider, seltzer, anything! We just ask that attendees be at least 21 years old.
Please note, we will meet in the upstairs space above Unauthorized Brewing. There will be signs posted to direct attendees.

SMASH April ’23 Meeting

Are you an active homebrewer looking to join our club? Are you a novice or even prospective homebrewer looking to learn a little bit about the hobby?

Please join us for our monthly club meeting! We meet from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Scorpion Brewing in Owings, MD. The meeting is free to attend ($20 per year to join the club), we just ask that attendees be at least 21 years old.

SMASH March ’23 Meeting

Are you an active homebrewer looking to join our club? Are you a novice or even prospective homebrewer looking to learn a little bit about the hobby?

Please join us for our monthly club meeting! We meet from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Scorpion Brewing in Owings, MD. The meeting is free to attend ($20 per year to join the club), we just ask that attendees be at least 21 years old.

SMASH February ’23 Meeting

Are you an active homebrewer looking to join our club? Are you a novice or even prospective homebrewer looking to learn a little bit about the hobby?

Please join us for our monthly club meeting! We meet from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Scorpion Brewing in Owings, MD. The meeting is free to attend ($20 per year to join the club), we just ask that attendees be at least 21 years old.

Recipe: Hey, Porter

A recipe by Mark Pasquinelli

Batch Volume:5.0 US gal. (18.9 L)
Original Gravity:1.060 (14.7° P)
Final Gravity:1.014 (3.6° P)
Efficiency:72%
Bitterness:47 IBU
Color:44 SRM
Alcohol:6.1% by volume

Malts

10.0 lb.(4.5 kg) Briess pale malt
12.0 oz.(340 g) Breiss 60°L caramel malt
10.0 oz.(284 g) Briess black malt
10.0 oz(284 g) Bairds roasted barley
4.0 oz(113 g) Dingemans Special B malt

Hops

0.90 oz.(26 g) Magnum, 12.2% aa @ 60 minutes
0.50 oz.(13 g) East Kent Goldings, 4.8% aa @ flameout

Yeast

1 pack (11.5 g)Fermentis Safale US-05

Additional Items

0.5 tsp.Wyeast Nutrient @ 10 minutes
1 tablet.Whirlfloc @ 10 minutes

Brewing Notes

To adjust my very soft water, I added 1 tsp. of gypsum and 0.5 tsp. of calcium chloride to the mash. Adjust the minerals as needed for your water profile. Mash at 153°F (67°C) for 60 minutes. Sparge to collect 5.75 gal. (21.8 L) and boil for 60 minutes, adding hops as directed. Chill and ferment at 68°F (20°C) to completion. Cold crash to 38°F (3°C) and keg or bottle. Carbonate at 2.3 vol. (4.6 g/L) CO2.

Extract Version

Steep specialty malts at 155°F (68°C) in 5.75 gal. (21.8 L) of water for 20 minutes. Add 6 lb. (2.7 kg) light dried malt extract, and follow all-grain directions from boil. Top off volume if necessary.


Reference:

Pasquinelli, M. (2022 November/December) Hey, Porter. Zymurgy, 38.