What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – September 2, 2026
Tuesday, September 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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Vanilla Cream Ale Cream Ale by stikks OG: 1.055 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 19 |
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FOSC Blonde XPA 2026 Blonde Ale OG: 1.049 FG: 1.008 ABV: 5.4% IBU: 20 |
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FOSC Am Pale Ale 2026 American Pale Ale OG: 1.047 FG: 1.011 ABV: 4.8% IBU: 36 |
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Festbier v2 Festbier by VT_jlee OG: 1.054 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 21 |
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Oktoberfest / Marzen Märzen by sareinhart@yahoo.com OG: 1.058 FG: 1.018 ABV: 5.3% IBU: 18 |
Top Forum Threads
Quality of modern extract kitsby Brewer #64496 with 17 posts
Summer shandy sugar questionby JawBrewski with 11 posts
Hops coming along nicelyby Beerbelly with 11 posts
High OGby Brewer #229698 with 12 posts
Prickly Pear Sour!by Bigbre04 with 16 posts
Belgian pale ale dry hopby Steve Ruch with 6 posts
About Lord Sigurdby Lord Sigurd with 9 posts
Fest beers!by Bigbre04 with 13 posts
Tilt not connecting to Brewer's Friendby DJC with 10 posts
Coyote vs ACMEby Tim Bulin with 6 posts
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Trends in Recipe Stats
Typical recipe stats this past month and how they compare to the previous month.
| Bitterness (IBU) | 26.41 | ↘ | ( -0.48 ) |
| Alcohol by Volume (ABV) | 5.54% | ↗ | ( +0.10 ) |
| Color (SRM) | 6.11 | ↗ | ( +0.59 ) |
| Batch Size (gallons) | 11.00 | → | ( +0.00 ) |
| Original Gravity (OG) | 1.055 | ↗ | ( +0.001 ) |
| Final Gravity (FG) | 1.012 | → | ( +0.000 ) |
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