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

Tuesday, April 1st, 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

Märzen

 
6

Munich Helles

2

Weissbier

 
7

American Wheat Beer

3

English IPA

 
8

American Light Lager

4

Witbier

 
9

Cream Ale

5

Kölsch

 
10

American Lager

Most Brewed Recipes

Vanilla Cream Ale
Cream Ale by stikks
OG: 1.055 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 19
Bill's Double Chocolate Milk Stout
Sweet Stout by Blind Bill
OG: 1.066 FG: 1.021 ABV: 5.9% IBU: 34
Zombie Dust Clone – ALL GRAIN
American IPA by Players Only Brewing
OG: 1.061 FG: 1.016 ABV: 5.9% IBU: 62
Bell's Two Hearted (Official Clone Recipe)
American IPA by Bklyn
OG: 1.063 FG: 1.011 ABV: 6.9% IBU: 70
Blue Moon Belgian White
Witbier by blunderbuss
OG: 1.052 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.2% IBU: 12

Top Forum Threads

1

Brewing on holdby Minbari with 22 posts

2

Propane Burner To Boil Wortby JoshuaGates with 22 posts

3

Sulfate.by Dopeydog with 22 posts

4

Pale Ale Malt vs Standard 2-row?by J A with 34 posts

5

First time using the strike water calculator can you guys help me out?by Brewer #452450 with 12 posts

6

Designing My First Cream Aleby Prairie Dog with 38 posts

7

Jump from homebrew to a breweryby Mastoras007 with 136 posts

8

Pre-Boil calculation with hops ruined brewday.by Brewer #352538 with 26 posts

9

Kellerbier helpby Brew Cat with 30 posts

10

Fermenting in a keg.by Lowlyric with 22 posts

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Trending Fermentables

1

Victory Malt

 
6

Flaked Wheat

2

Honey Malt

 
7

Wheat Malt, White

3

Belgian Candi Sugar – Clear/Blond (0L)

 
8

Rice Hulls

4

Wheat

 
9

Vienna

5

Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise

 
10

Munich Type I

Trending Hops

1

Amarillo

 
6

Hallertau Blanc

2

Hallertau Hersbrucker

 
7

El Dorado

3

Galaxy

 
8

Hallertau Mittelfruh

4

Mandarina Bavaria

 
9

Simcoe

5

Hallertau Tradition (Germany)

 
10

Styrian Goldings

Trending Yeast

1

WildBrew Philly Sour

2

LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST

3

Saflager – German Lager Yeast W-34/70

4

Verdant IPA

5

LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST

6

LalBrew NovaLager™

7

Saflager – German Lager Yeast S-23

8

Safale – German Ale Yeast K-97

9

Safale – American Ale Yeast US-05

10

LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST

Trends in Recipe Stats

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

Bitterness (IBU) 29.11 ( -0.68 )
Alcohol by Volume (ABV) 5.49% ( +0.01 )
Color (SRM) 6.13 ( -0.02 )
Batch Size (gallons) 11.00 ( -1.00 )
Original Gravity (OG) 1.055 ( +0.000 )
Final Gravity (FG) 1.012 ( +0.000 )

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