I love that I don’t need additional programs or calculators for any other component of my brew day, although some still do. You can build your recipes by selecting your ingredients from a database and it uses all of the information to formulate just about everything you will need. What I like about Brewfather is its all-in-one nature and general ease of use. Brewfather takes the guesswork out of your brew day by allowing you to dial in your entire process and calculate every part of the process. All of this comes packed with your typical brewing statistics such as ABV, OG, FG, IBU, SRM, water calculations, yeast starter calculations, and much much more. The platform contains both basic and advanced features for all-grain and extract brewers. What is Brewfather?īrewfather, like BeerSmith or Brewer’s Friend, is an advanced brewing program made for beer recipe design and brew day process. So I guess you can consider this my formal hands-on review of the Brewfather app. So I rebuilt my equipment profile, added a recipe, and did a brew day. I was immediately wowed by all the features I’d grown accustomed to over the years in a simplified layout and more user-friendly interface. I arbitrarily created a Brewfather account recently to see what it was all about. As I got more advanced, I used various programs and calculators to finetune my system, build and manage my own water profile, estimate mash pH, calculate acid and salt additions, and everything else associated with my brew day. I’ve been using brewing software at a really basic level since the day I started homebrewing.

Beersmith review