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What’s Brewing at Brewer’s Friend – February 1, 2025

Wednesday, February 5th, 2025

Here’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.

Trending Styles

1

Irish Stout

 
6

Saison

2

Irish Red Ale

 
7

Weissbier

3

Belgian Tripel

 
8

Dry Stout

4

American Wheat Beer

 
9

Cream Ale

5

International Pale Lager

 
10

American Lager

Most Brewed Recipes

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone
American Pale Ale by Ozarks Mountain Brewery
OG: 1.055 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.6% IBU: 40
Easy Blonde Ale
Blonde Ale by Marriedtoahotlibrarian2
OG: 1.045 FG: 1.011 ABV: 4.5% IBU: 23
Zombie Dust Clone – ALL GRAIN
American IPA by Players Only Brewing
OG: 1.061 FG: 1.016 ABV: 5.9% IBU: 62
Ayinger Maibock Clone
Maibock/Helles Bock by Ninja Bunny
OG: 1.071 FG: 1.021 ABV: 6.6% IBU: 20
NEIPA Hoppy ( juicy) – Braumeister 20L
Specialty IPA: New England IPA by AnteK
OG: 1.069 FG: 1.019 ABV: 6.6% IBU: 49

Top Forum Threads

1

Snowpocalyse!by Minbari with 107 posts

2

Anything you dont do?by KaijuSoul with 29 posts

3

Happy New Yearby Ozarks Mountain Brewery with 10 posts

4

Growing Hop Rhizomes in dry enviroments – Need community feedback and recomendationsby Arturo G with 16 posts

5

Mash Kettle insulation ideasby Michael_biab with 19 posts

6

My lager won't fermentby Meaulnes with 30 posts

7

Dark Wortby Brewer #447148 with 11 posts

8

New to Keggingby Chip99 with 25 posts

9

Does Flash Brewing kits as "brewing"?by BarbarianBrewer with 25 posts

10

Yeast Questionby Brewer #442303 with 21 posts

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Trending Fermentables

1

Caramel / Crystal 80L

 
6

Melanoidin

2

Barke Pilsner Malt

 
7

Caramunich Type 1

3

Caramunich Type 2

 
8

Flaked Barley

4

Pale Ale

 
9

BEST Chit Malt

5

White Wheat

 
10

Black Malt

Trending Hops

1

Strata

 
6

Challenger

2

Perle

 
7

Columbus

3

Mandarina Bavaria

 
8

Styrian Goldings

4

Willamette

 
9

Simcoe

5

Tettnanger

 
10

Citra LupuLN2 (Cryo)

Trending Yeast

1

Safale – German Ale Yeast K-97

2

Saflager – German Lager Yeast S-23

3

Verdant IPA

4

LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST

5

Saflager – German Lager Yeast W-34/70

6

LalBrew NovaLager™

7

Safale – American Ale Yeast US-05

8

LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST

9

Safale – English Ale Yeast S-04

10

California Ale Yeast WLP001

Trends in Recipe Stats

Typical recipe stats this past month and how they compare to the previous month.

Bitterness (IBU) 29.64 ( +0.35 )
Alcohol by Volume (ABV) 5.48% ( -0.11 )
Color (SRM) 6.64 ( -0.27 )
Batch Size (gallons) 10.50 ( -0.75 )
Original Gravity (OG) 1.054 ( -0.002 )
Final Gravity (FG) 1.012 ( +0.000 )

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