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Fresh Brew: Your Monthly Digest of Top Forum Discussions – August 2025

Friday, August 15th, 2025

Most Discussed Topics

What do yo pay for a pint
by Brew Cat with 19 posts this month
Well I don't buy beer much but when I do go out it's hard to get a craft for less than $8 I've paid as much as $10. Which sickens me. Even at breweries it seems like $8. Shouldn't breweries be chea…

2025 Home Brewer of the Year Podcast
by HighVoltageMan! with 8 posts this month
For those of you who are interested, I will be on an AHA live podcast at the end of the month. Not sure what it's going to cover, but I do know they want to cover the beer that won, Lynn's Lager. H…

Chloramine
by cowboy7307 with 9 posts this month
If Chloramine is in your water will it make beer hazy, since moving and using town water instead of rain water, all my beers are hazy , BIAB and 1.7kg kits

Portable kegerator thing.
by west1m with 21 posts this month
I don't remember who's idea I stole but I got my keg thing built for the Octoberfest party comming up. Break out a big mug and some Lederhosen and I'll be set!

AMERICAN PORTER – Sweet and Full-Bodied
by Uriel homebrewer with 11 posts this month
[URL]https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1577505/american-porter[/URL]I’m planning to brew this beer next week and I’d like to get some advice or feedback on my approach. I pre…

90 shilling clone
by Marley's Brewing with 17 posts this month
Im preparing to brew what I hope will be similar to Odells 90 Shilling and looking for thoughts or opinions from people, maybe someone has tried to brew a clone or is familiar with the beer[URL]h…

Oktoberfest celebration thread 2025
by Josh Hughes with 11 posts this month
It’s getting close to that time of year! Figured we needed a thread for people to post the festivities they will host or attend.Waaaay too early but my first one is this weekend. Maysville KY d…

A Different Saison
by Sandy Feet with 6 posts this month
I tried toying with an idea that didn't work out so out getting the keg clogged, but I was looking at some recipe guidelines. What I found is that a Saison can have up to 20% Vienna. Has anyone tri…

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Hello from France !
by Zarg on Thu, 14 Aug 2025 with 4 posts so far
Hi,I brew for years now and I want to create an automatic bottle filing machine !

AMERICAN PORTER – Sweet and Full-Bodied
by Uriel homebrewer on Wed, 13 Aug 2025 with 11 posts so far
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1577505/american-porterI’m planning to brew this beer next week and I’d like to get some advice or feedback on my approach. I prepared the r…

Bes t Electric Kettle to buy in 2025 – Need Advice Before I Order One
by Brewer #462888 on Wed, 13 Aug 2025 with 2 posts so far
Hi everyone,I’ve been without a kettle for about 2 weeks now since my old one stopped working. I thought picking a new one would be easy but I’ve ended up spending hours on it. Been reading r…

Concentrated Wort (error in calc) and added water post boil. How to calculate
by Brewer #457861 on Wed, 13 Aug 2025 with 6 posts so far
I got the ABV figured out from the Dilution and Boiloff Gravity Calc which recommended that I ADD 1/2 Gallon of water. I MEANT to put 3.5 gallons of water in the kettle but mistakenly put in 2.5, l…

My water profile
by cowboy7307 on Tue, 12 Aug 2025 with 5 posts so far
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What do yo pay for a pint
by Brew Cat on Tue, 12 Aug 2025 with 19 posts so far
Well I don't buy beer much but when I do go out it's hard to get a craft for less than $8 I've paid as much as $10. Which sickens me. Even at breweries it seems like $8. Shouldn't breweries be chea…

Vacuum transfer
by Brew Cat on Mon, 11 Aug 2025 with 17 posts so far
Has anyone used a shop vac to transfer beer? I watched a BYO video of it being done. Pretty clever and low tech

Chloramine
by cowboy7307 on Sun, 10 Aug 2025 with 9 posts so far
If Chloramine is in your water will it make beer hazy, since moving and using town water instead of rain water, all my beers are hazy , BIAB and 1.7kg kits

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What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – August 1, 2025

Friday, August 1st, 2025

Here’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.

Trending Styles

1

Festbier

 
6

Irish Red Ale

2

Märzen

 
7

American Lager

3

American Light Lager

 
8

International Pale Lager

4

Munich Helles

 
9

American IPA

5

Saison

 
10

Cream Ale

Most Brewed Recipes

R&B Summer Saison 2025
Saison by PHB2234
OG: 1.056 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.8% IBU: 27
Mosaic IPA
American IPA by Josh (Brewer's Friend)
OG: 1.074 FG: 1.018 ABV: 7.2% IBU: 67
Black IPA
Specialty IPA: Black IPA by Olive Street Brews and Meads
OG: 1.065 FG: 1.012 ABV: 7.0% IBU: 82
English Amber Ale (199)
American Amber Ale by Homebrew Fanatics
OG: 1.051 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.2% IBU: 22
Raging Red Irish Red Ale
Irish Red Ale by Ozarks Mountain Brewery
OG: 1.054 FG: 1.010 ABV: 5.8% IBU: 38

Top Forum Threads

1

Floating Diptubes?by Yooper with 35 posts

2

Your boil timeby Steve Ruch with 24 posts

3

Low oxygenation, high diacetilby Mastoras007 with 70 posts

4

2025 Q3 Community brewby Sunfire96 with 24 posts

5

Smack Pack Dillemaby Brew Cat with 14 posts

6

Picnic tap issue questionby Sandy Feet with 30 posts

7

48 hours no activity (WLP-0002) in kegby Simonpyman with 35 posts

8

Return back to brewingby woody200 with 13 posts

9

Ginger Beer Bug.by GFHomebrew with 20 posts

10

Coming backby BryanMaloney with 8 posts

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Trending Fermentables

1

Caramunich Type 2

 
6

Victory Malt

2

CaraMunich I

 
7

Melanoidin

3

Munich Type II (Dark)

 
8

Golden Promise

4

Flaked Barley

 
9

Vienna Malt

5

BEST Munich

 
10

Munich Type I

Trending Hops

1

Simcoe

 
6

East Kent Goldings

2

Hallertau Hersbrucker

 
7

Hallertau Mittelfruh

3

Warrior

 
8

Perle

4

Mandarina Bavaria

 
9

Citra

5

Tettnanger

 
10

Northern Brewer

Trending Yeast

1

LalBrew NovaLager™

2

WildBrew Philly Sour

3

LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST

4

Verdant IPA

5

Saflager – German Lager Yeast S-23

6

Saflager – German Lager Yeast W-34/70

7

California Ale Yeast WLP001

8

LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST

9

LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST

10

Safale – English Ale Yeast S-04

Trends in Recipe Stats

Typical recipe stats this past month and how they compare to the previous month.

Bitterness (IBU) 26.39 ( -2.93 )
Alcohol by Volume (ABV) 5.48% ( +0.01 )
Color (SRM) 5.63 ( -0.14 )
Batch Size (gallons) 11.00 ( -1.00 )
Original Gravity (OG) 1.055 ( +0.001 )
Final Gravity (FG) 1.012 ( +0.000 )

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