What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – December 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

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

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone American Pale Ale by Ozarks Mountain Brewery OG: 1.055 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.6% IBU: 40

Vanilla Cream Ale Cream Ale by stikks OG: 1.055 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 19

Great Lakes Christmas Ale Clone Winter Seasonal Beer by Cameron OG: 1.071 FG: 1.017 ABV: 7.2% IBU: 31

Cream Ale Cream Ale by kblankenship11 OG: 1.060 FG: 1.011 ABV: 6.4% IBU: 29

Top Forum Threads

Maltsters .by Lowlyric with 59 posts

Brewing "non alcohol" or n/a beerby Dave Y with 39 posts

Kviekby D Shoe with 37 posts

Stuck fermentation ad nauseamby Brewer #383344 with 40 posts

Mashing in too much water / & relatedly…by JWR_12 with 27 posts

Guinness clone with a twistby JVi with 93 posts

Happy Thanksgivingby Brew Cat with 24 posts

Priming Sugar Substitutes / Life in a Home Brewing Desertby JWR_12 with 17 posts

Best Bitter becomes an ESB and apparently aspires to be something even moreby Shady Lane Brewing with 21 posts

Does anybody watch Homebrew Happy Hour?by Yooper with 13 posts

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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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