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

Wednesday, October 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

Sweet Stout

 
6

American Porter

2

Munich Dunkel

 
7

American Stout

3

Best Bitter

 
8

American Amber Ale

4

Witbier

 
9

German Pilsner (Pils)

5

Kölsch

 
10

American Pale Ale

Most Brewed Recipes

Simple Citra IPA – One Gallon
American IPA by enrique
OG: 1.058 FG: 1.011 ABV: 6.1% IBU: 41
Mango Blonde Ale v2.2
Blonde Ale by Jeremiah White
OG: 1.044 FG: 1.007 ABV: 4.8% IBU: 22
Grimbergen Blonde Clone
Belgian Blond Ale
OG: 1.056 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.8% IBU: 37
Blond Affligem Clone
Belgian Blond Ale by Woozy
OG: 1.061 FG: 1.014 ABV: 6.1% IBU: 23
Dry Irish Stout: Guinness Clone
Dry Stout by Ozarks Mountain Brewery
OG: 1.044 FG: 1.010 ABV: 4.4% IBU: 35

Top Forum Threads

1

Hello from Minnesota.by Hman1962 with 39 posts

2

The Real Reason Your Power Bill Doubledby Ozarks Mountain Brewery with 42 posts

3

You know you're a homebrewer when…by Craigerrr with 29 posts

4

Irish Mossby Hman1962 with 14 posts

5

Mega head, and "gushers"by Carpy with 16 posts

6

Mash temps and thickness VS efficiency and attenuationby J A with 19 posts

7

Bottlesby Steve Ruch with 15 posts

8

Deciding on Fall beer styleby J A with 15 posts

9

HELP WATERY BEERby Brewer #465726 with 22 posts

10

Fermonster Minimesh strainerby Brewer #450121 with 20 posts

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Refractometer Calculator

Converts refractometer readings taken of wort (Brix WRI) to their actual value in Brix / Plato and Specific Gravity. Supports alcohol correction of refractometer readings when calculating FG (which requires OG).

Trending Fermentables

1

Carafa Special Type III

 
6

Victory Malt

2

Chocolate

 
7

Caramunich Type 1

3

Carafa Special Type II

 
8

Special B

4

Pale Ale

 
9

CaraFoam

5

Pale Chocolate

 
10

Caramel / Crystal 80L

Trending Hops

1

Challenger

 
6

Citra LupuLN2 (Cryo)

2

Willamette

 
7

Fuggles

3

Hallertau Hersbrucker

 
8

Chinook

4

Citra

 
9

Saaz

5

East Kent Goldings

 
10

Columbus

Trending Yeast

1

Safale – German Ale Yeast K-97

2

LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST

3

Verdant IPA

4

Safale – American Ale Yeast US-05

5

Safale – English Ale Yeast S-04

6

LalBrew NovaLager™

7

California Ale Yeast WLP001

8

LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST

9

Saflager – German Lager Yeast W-34/70

10

omega yeast labs – Tartango

Trends in Recipe Stats

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

Bitterness (IBU) 28.16 ( +0.81 )
Alcohol by Volume (ABV) 5.58% ( +0.06 )
Color (SRM) 6.86 ( +0.60 )
Batch Size (gallons) 10.00 ( -6.00 )
Original Gravity (OG) 1.055 ( +0.000 )
Final Gravity (FG) 1.012 ( +0.000 )

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