What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – May 1, 2025
Friday, May 2nd, 2025Here’s a look at what’s been happening at Brewer’s Friend over the past month. Check out the latest and greatest recipes, styles, ingredients, and more.
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Most Brewed Recipes
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Avg. Perfect Northeast IPA (NEIPA) Specialty IPA: New England IPA by kcq101 OG: 1.062 FG: 1.013 ABV: 6.5% IBU: 59 |
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VGB Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier clone Weissbier by LHV OG: 1.057 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.8% IBU: 15 |
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Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc klone Witbier by JL Brygghus OG: 1.052 FG: 1.011 ABV: 5.4% IBU: 19 |
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All Fools Day Pre-Pro 2025 Pre-Prohibition Lager by PHB2234 OG: 1.051 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.2% IBU: 34 |
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west coast ipa American IPA by djs1385 OG: 1.062 FG: 1.016 ABV: 6.1% IBU: 63 |
Top Forum Threads
Bitterness aftertasteby Mastoras007 with 54 posts
Efficiency badby JWR_12 with 20 posts
Finally hit my numbersby Chip99 with 35 posts
Norwegian brewer from Stockholm joiningby Enskede Brewery with 19 posts
stuck fermentation?by Brian49 with 25 posts
Pouring Corny Keg Brewby Phil MFC with 25 posts
Vorlauf and dark maltby Semper Sitientum with 42 posts
SRM , is darker than expectedby Mastoras007 with 25 posts
Fast Lagerby Mastoras007 with 36 posts
Belgian IPAby Dave Y with 50 posts
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Trends in Recipe Stats
Typical recipe stats this past month and how they compare to the previous month.
| Bitterness (IBU) | 28.62 | ↘ | ( -0.41 ) |
| Alcohol by Volume (ABV) | 5.44% | ↘ | ( -0.05 ) |
| Color (SRM) | 5.84 | ↘ | ( -0.22 ) |
| Batch Size (gallons) | 12.00 | ↗ | ( +1.50 ) |
| Original Gravity (OG) | 1.054 | ↘ | ( -0.001 ) |
| Final Gravity (FG) | 1.012 | → | ( +0.000 ) |
Ideas? Feedback?
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