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August 2026 MASH Monthly News

Join us on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:30 PM at Diamond Spring Brewing Company in Denville for our monthly meeting.

Club-Only Competition: Breakfast Beers 🥣

Rise, Shine, and Ferment! Whoever declared breakfast the most important meal of the day clearly never tried brewing with it. At this month’s meeting, we’re hosting our club-only Breakfast Beer Competition, challenging members to turn morning staples into evening pints.

The only requirement: your brew must feature at least one ingredient tied to breakfast. Whether that means a classic coffee stout, an oatmeal maple brown ale, a mimosa-inspired sour, or a mash tun packed with Cap’n Crunch, bring your rise and shine tipple to the table.

🔬 Competition Scoresheet Insights 🕵️‍♀️

For anyone who had beers entered into NJ State Fair Competition, bring your scoresheet and a few bottles of your entry for Competition Scoresheet Insights (CSI) and we’ll see how our own perceptions stack up against the feedback on your scoresheets.

Key Dates

  • August 22: Homebrew Picnic at Tourne County Park
  • September 8: Monthly Book Club
  • September 13: Motown MASH Bottle Sort at Double Tap Brewing
  • September 15: MASH Monthly Meeting at Twin Elephant in Chatham
  • October 20: MASH Monthly Meeting at Flounder Brewing in Hillsborough
  • October 13: Monthly Book Club
  • November 6: MASH Vermont Trip
  • November 17: MASH Monthly Meeting at Double Tap Brewing

Upcoming Homebrew Competitions

  • August 18: MASH Club-Only Competition: Breakfast Beers
  • September 19: Motown MASH
  • September 27: Motown MASH BOS Judging and Awards Ceremony
  • November 14: NJ Mini MASH – Go Hoppy or Go Home

Brewers’ Duels

  • September 15: Ray and Don face off against Kyle and Jack in a quest to craft the ultimate Weissbier
  • October 20: Scott and Steve H. do their best impression of a gnome as they go head to head for the best Belgian IPA
  • November 17: Eric and Dan duke it out to see who can sling the most hops and bitterness into a Double IPA