SMASH Beer Ideas

[@ericnoak3320]

Let us never forget the subsequent “Accidental Smash”… I actually brewed one just yesterday. As my wort was chilling I went to the brew closet and realized my 12 oz of white wheat was there on the shelf staring back at me!!!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Haha . It happens! 👍🍻

[@DavidHeathHomebrew]

Great stuff Brian. Love the thought provoking content. Great to see the metric too :)

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Haha thanks David! I often hear your comment in my head if I'm doing temperature measurements.. lol 🍻👍

[@DavidHeathHomebrew]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Haha, universal is good :)

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yessir!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

FIRST!!!! See you thursday braj!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

👍🍻

[@NoelSufrin]

Great video Brian, love that you looked at ALL the variables… And I especially the blending idea!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I probably missed some variable..I tried to cover as much as possible! 👍🍻

[@fdk7014]

I've been thinking about that blending idea for a while but it's so much work brewing several beers back to back that I haven't felt up to it. One day maybe. Good video!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks! Make it a small batch. Mash for 30 minutes boil for 30. Abbreviated brew day 👍🍻

[@jaskats1]

I love the color changes to the lighting in the brew room! Nice! Mashing at 143F (60C) produces an excellent light-body beer. The mash temp range starting at 147F needs to be adjusted slightly to something like 140-170. Just my 2 cents however. Another excellent truthful video, like trying a pale ale with Maris Otter and Cent vs Pilsner and Cent. Some of the best beers are the most simple. Cheers!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks man!! Good tips for sure!! Appreciate the feedback! 👍🍻

[@jimbalz3017]

Never thought about temperature related to SMASH brews before...great video

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks Jim!! 👍🍻

[@BitterRealityBrewing]

Great video and love the intro as it nailed it.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Hammered it!! Lol

[@BitterRealityBrewing]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers That was a brilliant idea plus just the basic explanation was perfect as I'm long winded when trying to explain things like that as there is just so much too it but it really can be just that simple and straight forward.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah and if I did the sledgehammer then nobody can accuse me of clickbait. Lol ITS IN THE VIDEO!! 👍🍻

[@BitterRealityBrewing]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Good point. I think I've only made one or two thumbnails from other videos that weren't the exact video. My new thing is people asking me questions that are extremely obvious or detailed in the video which tells me they didn't watch the video and just want me to answer the question that the video already went over. Never expected that to be a regular thing.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

@@BitterRealityBrewing haha it is definitely a regular thing.. here is a hint.. shorter videos lead to less questions.. 😁

[@SankaraHomeBrewing]

Awesome information. Never thought about doing something like that. Cheers!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks!👍🍻

[@MicroSessionsBrewing]

Nice Shirt!! Will definitely be doing some Smash brews with the new rig.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks!! 👍🍻

[@beerandbbqhobbyist6464]

Right on Brian, was just thinking of doing just this. Gonna be designing my first beer. Gonna do a smash beer one with just Vienna and one with just Munich and see what base grain I prefer best. May do one with a pale malt also.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Great idea!! It will be interesting to see which one you like best! 👍🍻

[@beerandbbqhobbyist6464]

Right!? I have a bunch of noble hops I’m thinking about using but not sure on the yeast🤔 and maybe even the hops. I’m gonna do a lager yeast first till I get what I want then then experiment with ale yeasts. Gonna maybe use omega lager. Don’t really want any other contributing factors at least till I get the flavor profile down on the malts. After the base malt test I’ll start one by one adding malts till I get to we’re I want. Looking to create a nice biscuity bready beer.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sounds good! That process is solid it sounds like! 👍🍻

[@beerandbbqhobbyist6464]

Should fare good results

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

👍

[@ajoyce]

I just did one with Bru-1 hops and Verdant yeast. It's great pale ale despite being incredible simple.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Love the Verdant yeast! Great combo! 👍🍻

[@paskrell]

Great video! I can only recommend split batching that smash to learn that yeast. Give it some us05 vs 34/70 or a notty vs a saison. Or as you mention around temperature split batch same yeast different temperature. Just saying.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah good stuff for sure! 👍🍻

[@tankerforlife_88]

Great video.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks! 👍🍻

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

SMaSH beers are a great way to learn about ingredients. And I’m usually pleasantly surprised by how good they turn out!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah that's a great thing about them! 👍🍻

[@Homebrew58]

I've got a video scheduled to drop next month on my channel where I did a SMASH to determine what a new ingredient brings to the party but I made a mistake. I used a new hop AND a new yeast so now I'm not sure whether the profile I detected is one or the other... or both. My suggestion is to use only one new ingredient at a time.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

That's definitely true! Mention it in your video!! 👍🍻

[@HopRodGarage]

Smashing!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Heck yeah!! 👍🍻

[@christianbureau6732]

KISS, Keep it Short and Simple, cheers

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

👍🍻

[@barrystephens900]

I brew a Blonde Ale smash beer that has won numerous awards, including a couple Gold medals, 3 people’s choice awards and a Best of Show.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

That's awesome! 👍🍻

[@andylee4764]

Can’t wait for my t shirt to ship

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks for your support!! 👍🍻

[@PortlyGentleman]

Smash it 🍻

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Haha! 👍🍻

[@jafarym77]

Hahahaha you actually used a hammer 🔨 to smash the grains and hops 😂😂

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Hey no one can accuse me of clickbait!! Lol 👍🍻

[@deckerhand12]

Have you ever thought of doing a podcast at all ?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Do you mean being a guest on one?

[@deckerhand12]

@@ShortCircuitedBrewers hosting your own podcast.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

@@deckerhand12 I'm pretty busy with the KZbin thing right now. But maybe down the road. 👍🍻

[@MaximAvs]

CAn you talk about small batch brewing, and SMaSH beers so you’re not brewing 5 gallon “test” batches

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sure I can do that. 👍🍻