Brewer's Friend | Homebrew Beer Recipes, Software, Calculators & Forum
Brew your best beer EVER. Start your Free Trial of Brewer's Friend today! Sign Up ×
Homebrewing photograph
Photo by Brewer's Friend member - e_satt

Helping you brew awesome beer!

Brewer's Friend is a set of tools and homebrewing information to help you brew your very best, every time. Easy to use for beginners with powerful features for advanced brewers.

Upgrade Now! Start New Recipe!
Also available for your mobile device: Brewers Friend - Available on the App Store Brewer's Friend Android app on Google Play
Beer Recipe Search Beer Recipe Builder Beer Brewing Blog
Want no ads? Go Premium and unlock all our brewing tools!

New Recipes

APA Exp #3

American Pale Ale

OG: 1.047 FG: 1.011 ABV: 4.7% IBU: 37

30 minutes ago

Brewer profile picture

English Mild at the Leaf

Mild by Bob from Snobs

OG: 1.039 FG: 1.009 ABV: 3.9% IBU: 16

39 minutes ago

Brewer profile picture

Micro APA I

American Pale Ale

OG: 8.009 FG: 2.041 ABV: 3.1% IBU: 0

2 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

Forest Stout

Foreign Extra Stout by C3LGHL0Я

OG: 18.443 FG: 6.225 ABV: 6.8% IBU: 37

2 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

Forest PA

American Pale Ale by C3LGHL0Я

OG: 12.151 FG: 2.385 ABV: 5.2% IBU: 50

2 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

8° Pils

by Provazek

OG: 8.049 FG: 2.052 ABV: 3.2% IBU: 30

3 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

American IPA

American IPA by Mumbles

OG: 1.052 FG: 1.011 ABV: 5.3% IBU: 0

4 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

GOSTI ''Weizen'' v2.1

Weizen/Weissbier by Yuriy_Kalinka

OG: 11.328 FG: 2.651 ABV: 4.6% IBU: 13

5 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

Maple Porcini Brett Saison

Brett Beer by JI

OG: 1.048 FG: 1.008 ABV: 5.3% IBU: 26

5 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

Fjord

by Beath

OG: 1.056 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.7% IBU: 41

6 hours ago

Brewer profile picture

What's New On Our Blog

Fresh Brew: Your Monthly Digest of Top Forum Discussions – April 2026

Thursday, April 16th, 2026

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

Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

Fresh Brew: Your Monthly Digest of Top Forum Discussions – March 2026

Monday, March 23rd, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

Fresh Brew: Your Monthly Digest of Top Forum Discussions – February 2026

Wednesday, February 18th, 2026

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

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

More Home Brewing Resources

Why Brewer's Friend?

Elevate Your Craft Beer Brewing Experience with Our Expert Tools and Resources for Homebrewing, from Grain Brewing to Extract Brewing, and Everything in Between.

Helps Beginning Brewers Get Started

  • Walks you through the brewing process step by step.
  • Know exactly what you brewed, and how you did it.
  • See how ingredients factor into OG, FG, ABV, IBU, and SRM - the key stats of every beer recipe.
  • Replicate and build on your success.
  • Provides a place for detailed notes about your brews.
  • Start designing your own recipes and match to style.

Powerful Tools For Advanced Brewers

  • Accommodates a range of brewing processes: Extract, Partial Mash, All Grain, BIAB, No Chill.
  • Scale recipe batch sizes up or down.
  • Tracks water volume and mash process.
  • Select your preferred equations (eg Tinseth, Rager).
  • Keeps track of your inventory.
  • Calculates actual ABV and apparent attenuation based on measured OG and FG.
  • Four types of efficiency: conversion, pre-boil, ending kettle, and brew house!
  • Hydrometer correction and calibration.
  • Supports Plato or Specific Gravity extract scale.
  • Target 'to the fermentor' or 'to the kettle' batch sizes.
Upgrade Now!

What brewers are saying

Upgrade now!
Want no ads? Go Premium and unlock all our brewing tools!