Brewer's Friend

Brewer's Friend

Brewer's Friend is brewing software designed for homebrewers to create recipes, track brew sessions, inventory ingredients, calculate mash profiles, water chemistry, all grain brewing conversions and more. It has tools to keep logs of brews including tasting notes, fermentat
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Brewer's Friend: Homebrew Recipe Management & Tracking Software

Brewer's Friend is brewing software designed for homebrewers to create recipes, track brew sessions, inventory ingredients, calculate mash profiles, water chemistry, all grain brewing conversions and more. It has tools to keep logs of brews including tasting notes, fermentation profiles, and photos.

What is Brewer's Friend?

Brewer's Friend is a popular software among homebrewers for recipe formulation and brew session tracking. It has an extensive database of malts, hops, yeasts and other ingredients that allows users to formulate recipes based on the flavors and characteristics they are aiming for. Once a recipe is created, it generates vital brewing details like mash temperatures, boil times, expected OG/FG, IBUs, SRM and ABV.

Some key features of Brewer's Friend include:

  • Recipe formulation tool with ingredient filters to customize grain bills, hop schedules and yeast selections
  • Mash and sparge calculators with temperature adjustments and timers
  • Dilution and priming sugar calculators for adjusting OG/FG
  • Pitch rate and starter calculators for proper yeast handling
  • Water chemistry adjustment tools to build balanced water profiles
  • Inventory tracking for grains, hops and yeast
  • Brew session logs to record details like volumes, gravities, fermentation activity and tasting notes
  • Cloud sync between desktop and mobile apps

With its focus on key brewing calculations and logging tools, Brewer's Friend is designed to help homebrewers formulate quality recipes, execute successful brew sessions and track details for consistency and improvement over time.

Brewer's Friend Features

Features

  1. Recipe creation and management
  2. Mash and sparge water calculator
  3. Yeast pitching rate calculator
  4. Priming sugar calculator
  5. Inventory management
  6. Brew day timer and notes
  7. Fermentation log tracking
  8. Tasting notes
  9. Water chemistry adjustment
  10. All grain brewing tools
  11. Conversion calculators
  12. Cloud sync between devices

Pricing

  • Freemium
  • Subscription-Based

Pros

Comprehensive set of brewing tools

Easy to use interface

Available on multiple platforms

Helps improve efficiency and consistency

Free version available

Cons

Requires subscription for full features

Limited customization options

Data could be lost if subscription lapses

Can feel overwhelming for new brewers

No offline access without subscription

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