I'm taking a shot at a smoked porter this weekend with a buddy and neither one of us have worked with smoked malts before. I've also read some conflicting information about the percentage of smoked malts that should be used. I found a Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen clone to get a baseline...
I've been in Charm City for about 4 years now. A friend helped me brew my first home brew for my rehearsal dinner several years ago and he also bought my first set-up to help get me into home brewing. Then grad school got in the way and I took a three year hiatus, but I am diving headfirst...