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