Brewer's Friend Home Brewing Software

March 2013 Release Live

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

We just deployed some new features that are focused on accuracy and ease of use surrounding water volumes: Volume increases from sugars and extracts are accounted for in the Water Requirements calculation. Did you know that 1 pound of LME adds about 10.6oz of volume and 1 pound of DME adds about 9.4oz ...

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February Release is Live – iPhone App 1.0, Label Generator, QR Codes, Share Recipe by Link

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Lots of goodies in the February release: The Brewer’s Friend iPhone app is now available on the App Store! Version 1.0 is out. This initial version supports recipe creation and a basic brew feature with logs. The plan is to build towards feature equivalency with the cloud application (inventory, shopping list, etc) ...

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January 2013 release is live – Shopping List, Inventory Update, Yeast Updates

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

The January 2013 release is live. The My Brewing section got a lot of attention - Shopping List, Inventory Sorting, and My Brewing notes. The Recipe Editor has three new fields: target fermentation temperature, yeast pitch rate, and award winning. The Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator is more tightly ...

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December 2012 Release is Live!

Friday, December 14th, 2012

We now support BeerXML import and export! An inventory deduction option is now available when you go to Brew a recipe. We also addressed several items in the Feature Request Forum from fellow brewers. BeerXML: BeerXML is an interchange format for moving recipes between brewing software packages. We support the version 1.0 ...

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October Release Is Live – Plato, Efficiency, and Batch Size Upgrades

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

The October release at Brewer’s Friend is live!  This release targets serious brewers who want accuracy, ease of use, and more rigor in the definition of their recipes and brewing process. We hope you will enjoy tapping into Plato support on the recipe editor, four types of efficiency available in ...

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Printable BIAB Checklist Launched

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

One of our fellow brewers wrote in awhile ago asking for a printable Brew In A Bag (BIAB) checklist, similar to the current All Grain Printable Checklist, but tailored to BIAB. Here it is: BIAB Brew Day Checklist – Printable list of steps for brewing using the BIAB method. For more information on ...

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September 2012 Release is Live

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

We just launched a bunch of features!  We are proud to say that many of the updates in this release came directly from topics in the feature request forum.  In addition, we made a nice improvement to the brew feature so it reports Pre-Boil Efficiency in addition to Brew House ...

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The White House Releases Beer Recipes!

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

The wheels of Washington's political bureaucracy have turned.  With only 12k of the 25k signatures needed on the formal petition, the White House released the beer recipes to the public. These are very straight forward extract batches that can be done with a basic brew kit on your stove at home. We loaded them ...

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Benefits of Cloud Brewing Software and Our Pricing Model

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

In case you are curious about why we went with an annual subscription fee, and why we think it works better, this post should clear up some details. You may be on the fence like this fellow brewer who wrote in (edited and anonymized): Its hard to justify $10 a year when ...

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Inventory Management Feature Launched

Friday, August 24th, 2012

Hey fellow brewers! We just launched an inventory manager! It tracks fermentables, hops, yeast, other ingredients and equipment. Look for it under the My Brewing navigation menu at the top, or the My Inventory button inside your brewing dashboard.  In future releases the system will provide the option of deducting items ...

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