What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – August 2, 2026
Saturday, August 1st, 2026Here’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.
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Most Brewed Recipes
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Avg. Perfect Northeast IPA (NEIPA) Specialty IPA: New England IPA by kcq101 OG: 1.062 FG: 1.013 ABV: 6.5% IBU: 59 |
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Hofbrau Helles Munich Helles by mike v OG: 1.060 FG: 1.015 ABV: 5.9% IBU: 19 |
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Zombie Dust Clone – ALL GRAIN American IPA by Players Only Brewing OG: 1.061 FG: 1.016 ABV: 5.9% IBU: 62 |
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Smithwick's Irish Ale Irish Red Ale by buzzerj OG: 1.046 FG: 1.011 ABV: 4.5% IBU: 25 |
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Bakke Brygg Kölsch 25 L Kölsch by Bakke Brygg OG: 1.047 FG: 1.010 ABV: 4.9% IBU: 23 |
Top Forum Threads
Do You Update Recipes?by Mike at Bay with 22 posts
First Gold Medal in Pro Competitionby HighVoltageMan! with 18 posts
Kombuchaby Yooper with 28 posts
Kettle and Fermenter Volume Calibration Markingsby Mike at Bay with 17 posts
Figs in Brewby Daniel Parshley with 14 posts
Zinzinnati Oktoberfest!by Donoroto with 20 posts
Greetings from Paso Robles!by Brewer #481720 with 11 posts
2026 Quarter 3 Community Recipeby Josh Hughes with 55 posts
Keeping hops out of your plate chiller…by Tim Bulin with 11 posts
Insanity? Percolation or Drip Mash instead of Immersion…by Mont Y. Märzen with 14 posts
Featured Calculator
Converts Brix to Specific Gravity and Specific Gravity to Brix. Some hydrometers have only one or the other, which is where this calculator comes in. Computes potential alcohol by volume (for use in dry wines). The Plato and Balling scale are very close to the Brix scale and can be used here interchangeably. The higher the number, the more sugar is in solution. Ultimately this translates into a higher alcohol volume in the finished product.
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Trends in Recipe Stats
Typical recipe stats this past month and how they compare to the previous month.
| Bitterness (IBU) | 27.28 | ↘ | ( -0.36 ) |
| Alcohol by Volume (ABV) | 5.43% | ↘ | ( -0.04 ) |
| Color (SRM) | 5.33 | ↘ | ( -0.11 ) |
| Batch Size (gallons) | 12.00 | ↗ | ( +1.25 ) |
| Original Gravity (OG) | 1.054 | → | ( +0.000 ) |
| Final Gravity (FG) | 1.012 | → | ( +0.000 ) |
Ideas? Feedback?
Want to share some feedback or ideas? Other trends you’d like to see? We’d love to hear it! Just send us a message through our feedback page.
