Join us on Tuesday, January 20th at 7:30 PM at Sunken Silo Brew Works in Lebanon for our first monthly meeting of 2026.
We have a phenomenal agenda on deck:
🌲 Brewer’s Duel: Ray Monahan vs. Don Taggert 🍺
We will have a great duel to kick off 2026: it’s the battle of the American Stouts featuring Ray stepping up to face off against Don. Come join us to see who has the right hops selection and the perfect balance of roast and bitterness. Is it a stout? Is it a black IPA? What is the difference anyway?
🍎 Cider Lab 🍏
Former board member, National judge, and cider maker extraordinaire Chris Johnson has some tasty and educational experiments for us to taste using cider from the most recent cider buy last fall. We’ll learn more about cider and elements that can control the flavor balance and final product that ends up in your bottle. This will be great preparation for our March Cider Club-Only Competition.
2026 Board Elections
The 2026 MASH Board Elections will be held at our monthly meeting on February 17th at Double Tap, in Whippany.
Anyone interested in joining the MASH Board must send a statement of interest to mashnewjersey@gmail.com by end of the day on Tuesday, February 3rd.
The statement of interest may include a short bio, your homebrewing history, and why you are interested in joining the board. All of MASH’s seven seats are open. Board members attend a monthly board meeting to coordinate our club meetings and events and brainstorm ideas to make MASH the community that it is! Help be part of the team to plan and celebrate!
Questions? Reach out to any current Board member or ask a question in the #general channel on Discord.
Key Dates:
- January 13: First MASH Book Club meeting for Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher
- January 20: MASH Monthly meeting at Sunken Silo Brew Works in Lebanon
- February 10: MASH Monthly Book Club
- February 17: MASH Monthly meeting at Double Tap in Whippany
- March 10: MASH Monthly meeting at Lion’s Roar in Westfield
- April 21: MASH Monthly meeting at Oakflower in Millington
- April 25: Keystone Barrel Challenge: Judgement Day
Upcoming Homebrew Competitions:
- February 17: Club Only Competition – Extract Beer Kit
- March 15: Valhalla: The Mead-ing Of Life
- March 14: Garden State Homebrew Competition
- March 17: Club Only Competition – Cider
- April 10: NHC first round judging at Workhorse Brewing in King of Prussia, PA
- April 18: Yeasty Boi’s: No Sleep ‘Til Belgium
Brewers’ Duels:
- January 20: Ray vs. Don duke it out to see who balances roast and bitterness to create the best American Stout
- February 17: Bryan Hoppe and Brian Overman vs. Andrew Joyce and Jim Wang battle for the honor of the Brians using Weizenbock as their weapon of choice.
- March 10: Eric Blaine and Jim Wang battle for the honor of the best kolsch. The loser will need to say 10 hail Brandons as penance.