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What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – February 1, 2026

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

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

German Pilsner (Pils)

 
6

Cream Ale

2

British Golden Ale

 
7

American IPA

3

American Brown Ale

 
8

Munich Helles

4

Weissbier

 
9

Witbier

5

Irish Red Ale

 
10

International Pale Lager

Most Brewed Recipes

Zombie Dust Clone – ALL GRAIN
American IPA by Players Only Brewing
OG: 1.061 FG: 1.016 ABV: 5.9% IBU: 62
Pilsner Urquell National Award-Winning Clone (Decoction and Non-Decoction Version)
Czech Premium Pale Lager by Lil' Wheaty's
OG: 1.051 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.0% IBU: 38
Vanilla Coffee Cream Ale
Cream Ale by AVE_Rage
OG: 1.046 FG: 1.008 ABV: 5.0% 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
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone
American Pale Ale by Ozarks Mountain Brewery
OG: 1.055 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.6% IBU: 40

Top Forum Threads

1

Just Curious…..Extract brews….by Mike at Bay with 35 posts

2

Yeast Attenuation – Safale – 05by Chip99 with 59 posts

3

What Yeast Nutrient to Use and How?by Mike at Bay with 20 posts

4

Dry Hop/Late Hop in a Sanitized Bag or Dump in Keg? Hop Spiders?by Mike at Bay with 32 posts

5

Final Gravity Misses Highby Toddsgate with 27 posts

6

beer consumptionby Brew Cat with 20 posts

7

Floaters in Commercial Beersby Craigerrr with 31 posts

8

2026;Quarterly Drawingby Josh Hughes with 27 posts

9

Hop timesby cowboy7307 with 19 posts

10

Did I miss anything?by Gerry P with 13 posts

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Trending Fermentables

1

Vienna

 
6

Vienna

2

Caramel / Crystal 80L

 
7

Pale Ale

3

Pilsen Malt 2-Row

 
8

Melanoidin

4

Carapils

 
9

Carapils

5

Flaked Barley

 
10

Carafoam

Trending Hops

1

Citra LupuLN2 (Cryo)

 
6

East Kent Goldings

2

Citra

 
7

Hallertau Mittelfruh

3

Citra

 
8

Nelson Sauvin

4

East Kent Goldings

 
9

Amarillo

5

Hallertau Tradition (Germany)

 
10

Hallertau Hersbrucker

Trending Yeast

1

Saflager – German Lager Yeast W-34/70

2

Verdant IPA

3

Safale – English Ale Yeast S-04

4

LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST

5

California Ale Yeast WLP001

6

Safale – American Ale Yeast US-05

7

LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST

8

Pinot Gris juice and must

Trends in Recipe Stats

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

Bitterness (IBU) 28.27 ( -0.28 )
Alcohol by Volume (ABV) 5.53% ( -0.05 )
Color (SRM) 6.44 ( -0.01 )
Batch Size (gallons) 10.50 ( -6.50 )
Original Gravity (OG) 1.055 ( -0.001 )
Final Gravity (FG) 1.012 ( +0.000 )

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