Converting a NB Recipe to My Equipment

Mike at Bay · Jan 18, 2026

Hey gang.....I have a Northern Brewer recipe for a Peanut Butter Cup Stout. The kit came with about almost 15 lbs of grain and 1 lb of oats. I Brew In A Bag and I put the recipe into the software that has my BIAB profile in it. Software has given me my water volumes based on my profile. So my question is whether I am doing this right. My steps were:

1-Put grain bill in the software as sent by NB in the recipe.
2-Back down my normal batch volume of 5.5gal to the NB kit volume of 5 gal
3-Put in Mash temp and schedule software is assuming BIAB
4-Put hop schedule and flavor additions (PB and Choc) into the fermentation schedule
5-Verified software is using my BIAB (no spare, etc.) and water profiles

Boom. It tells me I need about 8.5 gals of strike water which is what I am used to with my other recent brews. Follow the recipe from there.

So the question is whether it sounds like I did the right thing to get to my strike water volume. The NB recipe assume typical mash and sparge so I can't use their water volumes.

Dave Y · Jan 18, 2026

It sounds like you are on the right track

Not sparging?
Edit to add: you should make your recipe public and post for feedback.

Mike at Bay · Jan 19, 2026

Dave Y said:
It sounds like you are on the right track

Not sparging?
Edit to add: you should make your recipe public and post for feedback.

Thanks. I will try to figure out how to get the recipe posted.

J A · Jan 19, 2026

Mike at Bay said:
Thanks. I will try to figure out how to get the recipe posted.

Toggle the "Share Recipe" button. Click on the "Recipe Tools" tab and choose "Share" from the dropdown. Check the "Share recipe by URL" box and copy and paste the link.

Regarding the recipe, it looks like you've done the right things. Pay attention to the numbers and adjust your ingredients to get to the proper gravities and IBUs, taking into account your accustomed mash efficiency, boil time, losses, etc. You're not really copying a recipe as much as trying to get to the same beer using the same basic ingredients and a different set of tools and methods.

Mike at Bay · Jan 20, 2026

J A said:
Toggle the "Share Recipe" button. Click on the "Recipe Tools" tab and choose "Share" from the dropdown. Check the "Share recipe by URL" box and copy and paste the link.

Regarding the recipe, it looks like you've done the right things. Pay attention to the numbers and adjust your ingredients to get to the proper gravities and IBUs, taking into account your accustomed mash efficiency, boil time, losses, etc. You're not really copying a recipe as much as trying to get to the same beer using the same basic ingredients and a different set of tools and methods.

Is the "Share Recipe" button in the forum? Trouble locating it. TIA

J A · Jan 20, 2026

Mike at Bay said:
Is the "Share Recipe" button in the forum? Trouble locating it. TIA

In the recipe calculator, where you're editing your recipe, it's on the right side just above the recipe statistics, right below the "Boil Time" and "Efficiency" boxes.