What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – September 1, 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

Most Brewed Recipes

Oktoberfest / Marzen Märzen by sareinhart@yahoo.com OG: 1.058 FG: 1.018 ABV: 5.3% IBU: 18

Avg. Perfect Northeast IPA (NEIPA) Specialty IPA: New England IPA by kcq101 OG: 1.062 FG: 1.013 ABV: 6.5% IBU: 59

Easy Blonde Ale Blonde Ale by Marriedtoahotlibrarian2 OG: 1.045 FG: 1.011 ABV: 4.5% IBU: 23

Southern Tier Pumking clone Holiday/Winter Special Spiced Beer by mackeydj OG: 1.083 FG: 1.021 ABV: 8.2% IBU: 50

Stella Artois Clone Bohemian Pilsener by sn00ky OG: 1.053 FG: 1.011 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 23

Top Forum Threads

What do yo pay for a pintby Brew Cat with 28 posts

Need a hand getting startedby Brewer #462815 with 21 posts

White wine / dry sherry flavourby Brewer #422640 with 15 posts

First Oktoberfest & Proper Lagerby Prairie Dog with 31 posts

What do I do with this?by Semper Sitientum with 21 posts

'Discovery' Heavy Pale Ale, take 1by Kele with 21 posts

2025 Home Brewer of the Year Podcastby HighVoltageMan! with 20 posts

Mystery grainby Lowlyric with 17 posts

Oktoberfest celebration thread 2025by Josh Hughes with 19 posts

Protein Rest: Mastering All Grain Step Mash Brewingby TowelBoy_2013 with 14 posts

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Calculates how much priming sugar is needed. Works with table sugar, corn sugar, and DME.

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Trends in Recipe Stats

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

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