What does the term SMaSH mean?

[Orfy]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/single-malt-single-hop-45890/

This and many other brews/discussions on HBT gave rise to the term SMaSH.

Single Malt and Single Hop recipe.

It can be done with extract, extract and steep, partial mash and all grain brewing.

The idea is us use it to learn how malt and hop combinations taste.

Here was my first SMaSH recipe. (From 2007)

Following the KISS principle.

Single malt variety
Single hop variety
Single Infusion
Single Stage fermentation

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Single Malt Ale Brewer: Orfy
Style: English Pale Ale/Strong Bitter
TYPE: All Grain Taste:

Batch Size: 23.02 L Boil Size: 30.53 L
Estimated OG: 1.045 SG
Estimated Color: 4.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

5.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (60 min) (First Wort Hop)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (45 min)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (30 min)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Batch Sparge.
Total Grain Weight: 5.00 kg
Add 13.05 L of water at 75.0 C 68.0 C 60 min
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[oswegan]

Thanks. Good info for those of us who go off and brew for months and come back periodically for new inspiration.

I thought I might try this idea.

Any thoughts on a SMaSH using Simpson's Golden Promise with Amarillo, Centennial or Simcoe?

 

[Orfy]

There's plenty of SMaSH threads. I'm sure some one will have done one of those combination.
There is even an HBT SMaSH brewers group.

This was just to let people know what SMaSH is and where it came from.

 

[permo]

SMaSH is such a great idea. I think, myself, as a homebrewer I often times try to do too much...too much emphasis on wild recipes or complicated hop schedules. Arguably the best Pilsner in the World...Urquell...is a SMaSH.

 

[Aubie Stout]

Simple is sometimes the best method.

 

[yellow70cooper]

I absolutely love the SMaSH concept, one of my regular brews is a Golden Promise, Cascade SMaSH. I actually roast about 4 pounds of grain for different lengths of time to change the flavor profile a bit. Does this still count as a SMaSH or have I strayed from the original intent??

Yellow 70 Cooper

 

[bernerbrau]

I always thought the "Ma" with the lowercase "a" stood for Malt, so "Single Malt Single Hop"... ?

 

[Baja_Brewer]

I always thought the "Ma" with the lowercase "a" stood for Malt, so "Single Malt Single Hop"... ?

Lower case letters generally (not always) denote an inferior or connecting words such as "of" or "and" or sometimes they are omitted entirely....

Sometimes meanings get mixed up, just like KISS generally means Keep It Stupid Simple, I like to think of it as a reminder for myself Keep It Simple, Stupid

 

[DeathBrewer]

I just made a very light ale with German Pale Malt, US Tettnanger (mash, 60 min, 15, flame-out) and Wyeast 1056. I'm hopin' she's tasty.

 

[Norbrew]

Made a great one a few months back, light and a nice beer to drink in the summer. Making more of it now, my friends loved it so have to be sure to have enogh to the summer comes

Type: All Grain
Date: 13.02.2010
Batch Size: 5,81 gal
Brewer: Terje Knudsen
Boil Size: 7,00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35,0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75,00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
9,59 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (3,0 EBC) Grain 100,00 %
1,76 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4,10 %] (60 min) Hops 24,0 IBU
1 Pkgs German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1,045 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1,047 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1,011 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1,008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4,44 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5,08 %
Bitterness: 24,0 IBU Calories: 205 cal/pint
Est Color: 5,5 EBC Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 9,59 lb
Sparge Water: 5,15 gal Grain Temperature: 53,6 F
Sparge Temperature: 168,1 F TunTemperature: 68,0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5,4 PH

 

[winepiper]

Doing some SMASH (single malt and single hop) would be a great idea, you really get to know the flavors of the ingredients that way.

Great information orfy!

 

[Hex]

Brewed my first all grain this weekend, and it was a SMaSH!

10 lbs. Maris Otter (OG 1.056)
4 oz US Goldings (1 oz at 60, 30, 15, 0)
S-04 pitched dry.

It's fermenting nicely on day three. I'm considering dry-hoping with an ounce as well if my gravity sample seems light on hops.

 

[jasa]

Great idea!
Hmmm... Pale Castle malt and Styrian golding at 60, 20 and flame out. I might do that right now! The quickest I've ever made a recipe!

 

[cappy]

I never knew what it meant either. Great idea though. I'll give it a try for my next batch.

 

[DungeonBeast]

I have a lot of extra Munich and was thinking of using it with Hallertau and 2206 yeast for a lager SMaSH. Any thoughts?

 

[crummycook]

I don't hahve the volume equipment so would a partial using a pale LME and 2 row count as a SMASH?

 

[Orfy]

If the 2 row was he same as the LME then yes.
But give it a go anyway and see how it turns out. It'll help you learn.

 

[Daddymem]

I'm going to do a vienna/centennial SMaSH and wonder...does 1-3% acidulated malt added to overcome pH issues still count as a SMaSH?

 

[skeeordye11]

This just belongs here. One of my favorites.

You can make tons of styles with a SMaSH.

My personal favorite:

10 lbs Vienna Malt
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.8%AA) @ 60 min
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.8%AA) @ 20 min
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.8%AA) @ 5 min
Nottingham yeast

Best beer I've ever brewed.

 

[jasondabrewer]

Making a SMASH beer is a great way to get acquainted with a particular base malt or single hop variety. Be careful or you might get SMASHED!

 

[ooguyx]

Can you smash with something like chocolate malt, or does it need to be one of the base malts?

 

[statseeker]

You want a base malt. Chocolate doesnt have very much fermentable sugar left after being roasted. It would make for a very unfermentable wort.

 

[facialhairtuesday]

I've definitely been thinking about doing something along these lines, and after reading through the thread (and seeing how many great beers people are ending up with), I'm definitely convinced that's my next project. What I'm thinking though, is doing a handful of 6-pack AG brews, and having different single hops in each with the same grain bill, which would let me compare the different hops in a standard format

 

[warex]

I've definitely been thinking about doing something along these lines, and after reading through the thread (and seeing how many great beers people are ending up with), I'm definitely convinced that's my next project. What I'm thinking though, is doing a handful of 6-pack AG brews, and having different single hops in each with the same grain bill, which would let me compare the different hops in a standard format

I was thinking the same thing. All my beer has been made by following someone ease's recipe. Making a batch of something and then making a change in one ingredient would give me a much better understanding of what I am doing. Breaking a batch into 1 gallon sub batches seems about right. Or maybe just into a half batch.

 

[Hatchbrew]

Where one should start...

 

[arturo7]

sea monsters and sensual happiness?

 

[stanzela]

Well, I hate to wake a sleeping giant, but I figured I'd kick this thread into gear again as I made myself a nice 5 gal batch of MO/Fuggles SMaSH last night. I received a delivery of fresh, locally grown, organic hops yesterday (rain-barrell watered!) and I figured I should really do the fuggles justice and showcase them purely.
My recipe is almost the same as Orfy's but I added a 0.5oz aroma hop inclusion at 0min:

11lb Maris Otter
1oz Fuggles (60min)
1oz Fuggles (45min)
1oz Fuggles (30min)
1oz Fuggles (15min)
0.5oz Fuggles (pellets were all I had left) (0min)

Mash temp 158F for about 1h20min.
Boil for 60 min.

I was brewing until about 3 am because my mash tun kept getting jammed up. I ended up having to suck on the hose to get enough liquid out... it was a sad state of affairs, but I wasn't going to let my 2 hours of grinding go out the window. I ended up with a really nice boil, so my fingers are crossed that this will turn out!

 

[mateo27]

Any more recipies, anyone has tried and enjoyed?

 

[944play]

RO water + 4gm CaCl2 + 1gm CaSO4
10lb Briess Pils
Double decoction 131-155-165ºF
1.5oz leaf German Spalt Select 5.6% @60
1.5oz leaf German Spalt Select 5.6% @10
Wyeast 2308 @50ºF

Makes a great German Pilsner that tastes a lot like Trumer.

 

[kh54s10]

My Columbus Pale SMaSH BIAB One of my best!

malt & fermentables
LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE PPG
4 8 American Two-row Pale
1 8 American Two-row Toasted 275° for 45 minuteshops

USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA
boil 60 mins 0.25 Columbus pellet 15.4
boil 5 mins 0.25 Columbus pellet 15.4



Batch size: 3.0 gallons
Original Gravity
1.048 measured
(1.053 estimated)
Final Gravity
1.014 measured
(1.013 estimated)
Color
8° SRM / 16° EBC
(Gold to Copper)
Mash Efficiency
68% measured
(75% used for O.G. estimate)

Boil: 4.0 avg gallons for 60 minutes
Bitterness
32.0 IBU / 4 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth
BU:GU
0.60
yeast
Wyeast American Ale (1056)
Alcohol
4.5% ABV / 4% ABW
(5.3% est. ABV / 4% est. ABW)
Calories
174 per 12 oz.

I will be doing this again. Probably a 5 gallon batch next time.