Changes to SMASH

[Masimcox]

Evening all, I have just finished a second SMASH brew using the same ingredients as the first:
Dingemans Pale Ale 9MD Malt
Polaris T90 Hop Pellets
Mangrove Jacks M36 Liberty Bell Ale Yeast
Water from Morrisons.
So far both brews have been good, I’m using a Brewzilla 3.1.1 and have aimed for an IBU of 35.
Could you give me an idea of what single ingredient I should change for my 3rd SMASH brew? TIA

 

[Sadfield]

It depends what you want to drink.

Swapping hops is the obvious one giving you a similar but different beer.

Yeast, would be the most enlightening.

 

[RichardM]

You could just change the amount of hops used at different points in the brew.

What you should do depends on what you are trying to achieve.

 

[Rodcx500z]

You could change the yeast or the hops, but only change one thing at a time, you can check yeast out here https://www.crossmyloofbrew.co.uk/yeast-specs and hops here https://www.crossmyloofbrew.co.uk/hop-guide

 

[MashBag]

This comes up good.
Smash.
4kg pale malt.
500g wheat malt
60m mash @65c
45 mins boil.

40g of Cascade pellets -15m
50g of Cascade -30m +Irish moss
60g of Cascade @85c for 30m

CML Notty & Windsor yeast.

 

[jof]

@MashBag But, but, that's not a SMASH cobber . You've got wheat malt in it, so no longer single malt.

Don't you poms understand what SMASH means?

 

[dad_of_jon]

@MashBag But, but, that's not a SMASH cobber . You've got wheat malt in it, so no longer single malt.

Don't you poms understand what SMASH means?

Super Malty And Spectacularly Hoppy?

 

[MashBag]

Can I have a "previously known as Smash" thread please.
It's doubly my fault, 'cos is was smash originally , until I improved it with wheat malt.

But I think @dad_of_jon is on the right lines
Super Malty And Spectacularly Hoppy. What do these aussies know

Morning all

 

[The Baron]

Lets call it SMASH- ish

 

[MashBag]

Nice .. Although that does rhyme with other less desirable leisure products.

 

[fluketamer]

Several Malts And Several Hops - no ?

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Evening all, I have just finished a second SMASH brew using the same ingredients as the first:
Dingemans Pale Ale 9MD Malt
Polaris T90 Hop Pellets
Mangrove Jacks M36 Liberty Bell Ale Yeast
Could you give me an idea of what single ingredient I should change for my 3rd SMASH brew? TIA

Normally I would always say yeast - you can change beer so much by changing yeasts. But Polaris is a somewhat eccentric choice as a first hop, so I'd probably change that out first. As to what - depends a bit on what kind of beer you like. If trad English is your thing then you can't go wrong with Goldings, if you like more West Coast-y things then go with something like Chinook, if hazies are more your thing then Citra.

But in general it's a great idea to keep the same grist for your first couple of brews, whilst you dial everything else in, then just change yeast or hops to give some variety in the end result.

 

[MashBag]

Several Malts And Several Hops - no ?

To be fair the title of the post is "changes to smash".

Mine defo qualifies as a change

 

[MashBag]

Normally I would always say yeast - you can change beer so much by changing yeasts. But Polaris is a somewhat eccentric choice as a first hop, so I'd probably change that out first. As to what - depends a bit on what kind of beer you like. If trad English is your thing then you can't go wrong with Goldings, if you like more West Coast-y things then go with something like Chinook, if hazies are more your thing then Citra.

But in general it's a great idea to keep the same grist for your first couple of brews, whilst you dial everything else in, then just change yeast or hops to give some variety in the end result.

Best sensible answer.