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Release Notes for the Brewer's Friend brewing software.

2022-07-26

  • Recipe Builder - Fix display of recipes using kettle as their batch size target, hide post-boil volumes and gravities
  • Recipe Builder - Simplify the attenuation values for yeast ingredients by combining yeast culture attenatuions and custom attenuations, and making recipe attenuation a calculated value.
  • Recipe Builder - Add a feature that checks recipes being edited with inventory ingredients for cost updates and updates all recipe costs to match current inventory cost information.
  • Recipe Builder - Add warning messaging to Quick Water Requirements when maximum capacity of the boil kettle will be exceeded by pre-boil volume
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed a bug whereby sorting hops ingredients (from a user's inventory) in the recipe builder would cause the inventory deductions to not appear when creating a new brew session
  • Recipe Builder - Fix a problem with incorrectly escaping special characters in recipe and ingredient titles
  • Brew Session - Add warning messaging to Quick Water Requirements when maximum capacity of the boil kettle will be exceeded by pre-boil volume
  • Recipe API - Add reference points for polling/updating post-boil volumes in legacy APIs.
  • Recipes API - Fixed a bug that would not allow users to poll the API for XML recipe output using their API key.
  • General Settings - Added a Recipe Editor Setting "Update Inventory Costs", and "Update Costs [Recipe Snapshots]" to toggle the new inventory setting Off/Prompt/On.
  • Equipment Profiles - Add a value for recording the maximum volume of your boil kettle.
  • Recipe View - Updated print recipe view to include used equipment profile name
Standalone Calculator fixes:
  • Extract OG/FG Calculator - Add checks to avoid divide-by-zero error.
  • Efficiency Calculator - Add checks to avoid divide-by-zero error.
  • All-Grain OG/FG Calculator - Fix typo in styling.
  • Dilution & Boil Off Calculator - Fix problem with numeric value comparison.
  • Chaptalization Calculator - Fix problem with numeric value comparison.

2022-05-19

My Profile - Fixed an issue with the profile pictures uploading sideways for some images/resolutions.
Recipe Builder - Changed the calc boil button to a toggle to automatically adjust the pre and/or post boil volumes according to recipe or equipment changes.
My Brew Sessions - Added a section to the default brew steps to display any "Other Ingredients" additions targeting sparge water.

2022-03-28

Brew Sessions - Fixed an issue with the Y-scale for ambient temptures on Brew session fermentation charts.
Recipe Builder - Changes for starting mash thickness now update the first strike mash steps amount and starting temp.
Inventory - The date field for yeast inventory is now a calendar selection. In the future the yeast viability will be calculated in recipe builder and brew sessions.

2022-03-19

Brew Sessions - Fixed the bug for mash calculator showing 0 volume remaining. Update mash calculator to use latest quick water requirement volume calculations.
Brew Sessions - Added mashed volume including grain to the mash calculator.
Brew Sessions - Fixed an "off by 1" date stamp bug where some timestamp weren't accounting for the users timezone properly.
Recipe Builder - Updated how the Mash Thickness value is updated when changing recipe units or the equipment profile for the recipe.
Recipe Builder - Changes in the mash thickness in mash guidelines automatically update changes to the mash steps associated with QWR when used - strike volume and starting temp are automatcally updated from the mash thickness input.
Recipe Builder - A new QWR was created for when the mashtun capacity was exceeded.
Recipe Builder - Fixed bug wher zero utilization values were being ignored.
Recipe Builder - Fixed how honey, fruit and puree ingredients as categories where affecting OG and ABV when used as late additions.
Search Recipes - Changed the search to allow users to deselect brew method and/or unit system.

2022-02-21

Recipe Builder - Update to properly account for the attenuation value of custom yeast ingredients.
Recipe Builder - Fixed bug in "Add Quick Water Requirement" function that used the wrong volume amount for updating the "Mash Guidelines" for steeping steps
My Recipes - Add the ability to clear the search field with a single click and automatically search when search keyword(s) are completely deleted
My Brew Sessions - Add the ability to clear the search field with a single click and automatically search when search keyword(s) are completely deleted

2022-02-17

My Brew Sessions - Fixed issue with improperly displayed timestamps for brew log entries.
Search Beer Recipes - Modified Method and Units filter dropdowns to no longer force selection when clicking away from the fields
My Inventory - Changed the Date entry from free text to a calendar input.
My Shopping list - Changed the Date entry from free text to a calendar input.
Recipe Builder - Fix IBU calculations when 0 is used as a utilization value for hops additions

2022-02-03

  • My Brew Sessions - Fix a bug causing trial users to see errors with fewer than the max-allowed number of brew sessions

2022-01-25

  • My Inventory - Replace long, scrolling page with tab/dropdown navigation to view one ingredient category at a time.
  • My Shopping List - Replace long, scrolling page with tab/dropdown navigation to view one ingredient gcategory at a time
  • My Inventory - Fixed problem where bulk edit input fields would not display values.
  • My Shopping LIst - Fixed problem where bulk edit input fields would not display values.

2022-01-23

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fix IBU calculation problem when adding new "First Wort", "Whirlpool", "Hopback" or "Hop Stand" hop addition not adding the scale utilization.
  • My Recipes - Fixed an issue when some users were unable to edit their folder names.
  • My Recipes - Updated date formatting in fermentation charts to match user profile settings
  • My Brew Sessions - Updated date formatting in fermentation charts to match user profile settings
  • My Brew Sessions - Fix a problem that sometimes caused new brew log entries to be disallowed in brew sessions
  • My Brew Sessions - Update the default numbering for batch codes to reflect the current value of the recipe title Profile
  • My Brew Sessions - Added ambient temp to fermentation charts for devices that want to send a secondary temperature.
  • General Settings - Add a new user profile setting to determine whether the numeric value in new brew sessions' batch codes are reset every calendar year (default) or continue counting up indefinitely
  • My Inventory - Dynamically update pricing information on inventory list after bulk save
  • My Inventory - Fix unhandled error in inventory import when no names are given in imported inventory CSV files
  • My Shopping List - Dynamically update pricing information on shopping list after bulk save
  • My Shopping List - Fix error page when bulk edit used after all items in category have been removed

Recipe Builder - Quick Water Requirements

  • Recipe Builder - QWR Re-ordered the QWR losses and gains in chronological order.
  • Recipe Builder - QWR will now use recipe user entered boil volumes, and display a warning when they do not align, and/or they do not align with equipment estimated values.
  • Recipe Builder - QWR the target volume type (fermenter vs post boil for kettle target) is now bold.
  • Recipe Builder - QWR The recipe name is now at the top of the QWR, thanks @AHarper!
  • Recipe Builder - QWR Hop absorption losses have been split depending on their addition timing (boil vs mash vs dry hop etc).
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed unit conversion error relating to grain absorption and hops absorption values in the quick water requirements
  • Recipe Builder - Removed dry hop (high krausen) from hop absorption calculation for QWR volume calculation to match dry hop addition behavior
  • Recipe Builder - Use the user-provided re/post boil volumes for calculating QWR volumes, provide messaging when estimated volumes are out of line with provided values
  • Recipe Builder - Use QWR-calculated post-boil volume when user changes from kettle to fermentor as brew target mode
  • Recipe Builder - Use the user-provided mash thickness value from the mash guidelines section when calculating strike volumes in QWR, if that value doesn't exist, use the user's profile value, otherwise use the system default
  • Recipe Builder - Added new hop absorption lines to better breakdown when the losses occur, mash vs boil kettle vs whirlpool.
  • Recipe Builder - Improved calculations to better handle volume increase from sugar additions in QWR.
  • User Profiles - Automatically convert measurement units for all saved equipment profiles when the user's global measurement units are changed
  • User Profiles - Automatically convert "Default Batch Size" and "Default Boil Size" values when the user's global measurement units are changed
  • User Profiles - Fix status messaging/styling for save actions in various profile tabs

2021-09-03

Fixed

  • Brew Session Inventory Deductions - Resolved an issue that where some users inventory deductions did not occur when Deduct the following from my inventory checkbox was unchecked.
  • Recipe Import - Allow for import of BeerSmith format files containing multiple recipes in a single file
  • Recipe Import - Display any errors that occur in recipe import process, but continue to import all recipes

2021-08-09

Updated

  • Brew Sessions - Show brew timers and step descriptions for brew sessions in all brewing phases not just "planning" and "brewing".

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed an issue where late addition target ie "boil kettle" for fermentables when copying recipes.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed an issue where yeast units were defaulting to 'Each' instead of using the yeast units in the recipe when copying recipe.

2021-07-20

Updated

  • Brew Sessions Inventory Deductions - Update the way that inventory items are matched to recipe ingredients, allows for multiple options to be displayed for the user to choose from when making deductions
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Added
  • My Recipes - Last used Page Limit is now saved for all subsequent visits per user
  • My Brew Sessions - Last used Page Limit is now saved for all subsequent visits per user
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Fixed

  • My Recipes Fixed the "Updated" column to correctly reflect the user's chosen timezone
  • Brew Steps - Fixed problem calculating total water volume value in brew steps from mash guidelines.
  • Recipe Builder - When using multiple yeasts in a recipe, use the highest single attenuation value of all yeasts for the calculation of final gravity (previously using averaged attenuation value)

2021-04-26

Added

  • Devices - Added the ability to create service forwarders per device. Located in Link Devices under the Brew Session -> Fermentation tab.

2021-01-13

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed an issue where recipes would not save when FG was below 1.000.
  • Recipe View - Fixed issues with different units not being converted in the ingredient totals.

2020-12-18

Fixed

  • Brew Session and Inventory Deductions - Fixed inventory deductions for hop additions that were not catching some ingredients.

2020-12-15

Fixed

2020-12-07

Fixed

  • Brew Sessions - Fixed fermentation chart filter with multiple devices.
  • Recipe View - Added fermentation chart filter with multiple devices.

2020-12-02

Added

  • Devices - Added a forwarder for Ubidots.
  • Devices - Added GET and POST method options for forwarding data.
  • Devices - Added optional header option for forwarding data.
  • Devices - Added forward response codes and the error message if the forwarder failed to help devs :). If a forwarder fails it will be deactivated.
  • Brew Session - Automated the "Notify me" checkbox, if a date or time is set for the future, it will automatically check the checkbox to notifiy the user.
  • Extract to Base Grain Calculator - Updated brewhouse efficiency fields to show proper styling when disabled for DME/LME fermentables.
  • Extract to Base Grain Calculator - Added the ability to independently change between imperial and metric units for the initial and resulting fermentables.
  • My Recipes - Modify the "Snapshot" checkbox into a dropdown to provide the means to filter recipe searches by only recipes, only snapshots or both

2020-11-24

Fixed

  • Brew Sessions - Fixed issue with the Fermentation Chart Gravity axis dropping trailing zeroes, "1" instead of "1.000".
  • Recipe View - Fixed issue with the Fermentation Chart Gravity axis dropping trailing zeroes, "1" instead of "1.000".

2020-11-10

Added

2020-11-09

Added

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed hop use error when selecting Hop Stand.
  • Beer XML - Fixed some issues importing / exporting certain hop use and mash use.
  • Brew Sessions - Fixed brew steps to use recipe fermentation temp in cool wort down steps.

2020-11-06

Added

2020-10-27

Added

  • Hops- Added LUPOMAX Citra, Mosaic and Sabro.
  • Brew Sessions - Improved support for inventory deductions for group inventory and group recipes.

2020-10-26

Added

  • Recipe Builder - Added group support for recipes with linking water calculator.

2020-10-22

Added

  • Recipe Builder - Added Hop Stand as a hop use type, as an alternative to whirlpooling. Uses the same existing utilization setting in the equipment profile as whirlpool additions.

2020-10-19

Fixed

My Inventory - Fixed 'Hide Zero Amounts' functionality from disabling sortable headings in ingredients tables.

Added

My Inventory - Added styling for visually representing required fields when adding new ingredients.

2020-10-14

Added

2020-10-13

Added

  • General Settings - Brew Sessions - Added option to create 10 minute reminder additions for brew steps.

2020-10-08

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Updated the Quick Water Requirements for more accurate losses such as grain absorption, steeping losses etc especially for extract and partial mash.

Added

  • Recipe Builder - Rearranged the Quick Water Requirements Step order to be in chronological order, highlighted the "target" batch size.
  • My Inventory - Added CSV Import and Export feature.
  • Brew Sessions - Added fermentation chart as default if there is an active device.

2020-09-29

Added

  • Brew Sessions - Added temp, mash thickness, expected gravity, and time to brew steps from recipe builder.
  • Brew Sessions - Information from recipe builder overrides the placeholder guidelines from quick water requirements.

2020-09-28

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixes cost saving when sorting hops, fermentables and other.

2020-09-22

Added

2020-09-02

Fixed

  • Recipe Print - Fixed missing calories and carbohydrates on recipe print page.
  • Brew Sessions - Fixed auto add brew logs for Dry Hop (High Krausen).

Added

  • My Profile - Added social links for Untappd, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, and YouTube.

2020-09-01

Fixed

  • Group Tanks - Save tank requires a location, previously was giving an error if you didn't select a location.
  • Brew Sessions - Fixed gravity when using multiple sources to send fermentation stream readings. Happened if one source was just sending the temp and not gravity.
  • Brew Sessions - Fixed Tilt gravity rounding when viewing in Plato. It turns out 10 decimal rounding is not very friendly on the eyes.

2020-08-31

Added

  • Equipment Profiles - Adds settings profile import for popular all-in-one brewing systems like Anvil Foundry, Brewie+, Brewers Edge Mash and Boil, Braumeister, Grainfather, and BrewZilla / Robobrew.
  • Equipment Profiles - Adds compare for popular all-in-one brewing systems.
  • Equipment Profiles - Adds Mash-Tun addition volume to account for liquid under your false bottom. This volume will be added to the strike volume and removed from the sparge volume.
  • Equipment Profiles - Adds a Filter for quickly finding a setting.
  • General Settings - Adds a Filter for quickly finding a setting.

2020-08-18

Updated

  • Recipe Builder - Changed the boil calc button to use Quick Water Requirements calculated values for both pre and post boil volumes for greater accuracy.
  • Recipe Builder - Moved Equipment profile to recipe header from More section.
  • Brew Sessions - Adds Post Boil Gravity from recipe to brew session header.

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed a temperature conversion issue when changing recipe unit system between US and Metric.

2020-08-17

Added

  • Brew Sessions - Added Dry Hopped (High Krausen) event option in the Brew Log.
  • Recipe Builder - Added Dry Hop (High Krausen) to hop addition use options.

2020-08-15

Updated

  • Recipe Builder, Inventory, and Shopping - Added Fruit Juice, Fruit Puree, Specialty Malt and Honey to Fermentables.
  • Recipe Builder, Inventory, and Shopping - Added validation to category and types to improve quality of ingredient database and reduce confusion. Ie no longer able to enter ingredients such as category = fruit, type = base malt. etc.
  • Water Calculator - Added Specialty Malt, Smoked Malt, Gluten-Free Malt for grain types.

2020-08-12

Fixed

  • Brew sessions - Update to the date picker. Fixes various issues with date, +- days, and timestamps.

2020-08-05

Updated

  • Recipe Builder - Remove the User Contributed ingredient setting. All admin approved ingredients will be available to all users as long as that brand is enabled.

Fixed

  • Recipe View - Fixed hop total and hop summary to use the same unit type as the recipe additions, if different units are used, the majority unit is used.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed issue where hop addition temperature did not update units when changing recipe units.
  • Recipe Print - Fixed issue where the printed recipe wasn't using the user set currency symbol.

2020-08-04

Updated

  • Equipment profile - Updated text in the equipment profile to provide guidance for BIAB brewers and all in one systems.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed issue where hop addition temperature did not update units when changing recipe units.

2020-07-28

Updated

  • My Recipes - Updated the hop utilization percentage to reset when changing the 'use', ie whirlpool / first wort / boil.

2020-07-27

Updated

  • Browse Pages - Will now show yeast fermentation temperatures based on your profile units setting of °F or °C.
  • Brew Sessions - Removed Post-Boil Gravity From brew log in favor of Boil Complete.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed units issue for linked water calcs and other ingredients like salts and acids.
  • My Recipes - Fixed a count issue when moving group recipes to a sub folder.

2020-07-22

Added

  • My Recipes - Sorting feature sorts all recipes, not just current page.

Fixed

  • LME/DME Conversion Calculator - Update DME and LME PPG to 45 and 37 respectively.
  • Yeast Starter Valculator - Update DME PPG to 45.
  • My Recipes - Fixed a bug where some users were unable to move recipes back to the default folder.
  • Label Generator - Added an error message when the image uploaded is too large. Limit is 3 MB
  • Brew Session - Updated the log entry expected volume to use the actual recipe values, instead of quick water requirement values.

2020-07-09

Added

  • Brew Sessions - Added event tooltips to log entries that measure efficiency; mash complete (conversion), preboil (kettle), boil complete (ending kettle), and brewday complete (brewhouse).

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed zero attenuation issue reporting 100% ABV. Now zero will report 0% ABV.
  • Recipe Builder - Changed Quick Water Requirements to use recipe units instead of user settings.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed a error that prevented boil time of zero.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed a bug where the mash thickness, and QWR, were not properly accounting for flaked grains.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed a bug with unit conversion of other ingredients, fermentables, and fermentation temperature when changing the recipe units.
  • Recipe Builder - Improved the unit conversion of BF default rounding to maintain a higher level of precision.
  • Recipe Builder / Inventory - Made 'mashed' default to ON when adding custom fermentables to inventory and recipes.
  • Brew Sessions - Updated brew session volume and gravity tooltips to describe what volume/gravity should be input.
  • Brew Sessions - Fixed various issues regarding "+-days" and updated datestamp of brew sessions and log issues.
  • Water calculator - Fixed error with salts not working correctly for some
  • Documentation FAQ - Updated the brew session section of the FAQs, to align more with the log entries. https://docs.brewersfriend.com/faq/brew-sessions.
  • BeerXML export - Fixed a bug with unsupported recipe styles and mash types.
  • Color Calculator - Fixed a bug with SRM/Lovi/EBC conversion.
  • Recipe Builder, inventory, my recipes, recipe view etc. - Expanded options for currency symbol.
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2020-07-07

Added

  • Label Generator - Ability to select images from your recipe or upload your own images.

Fixed

  • Water Chemistry Calculator - Updated water volumes to use the recipe volumes and mash guidelines instead of QWR.
  • Water Chemistry Calculator - Fixed an issue with the water calculator volumes not updating.

2020-07-03

Added

  • Brew Sessions - Added fallbacks to the fermentation stats OG so that it would accept Brew Day Complete, Boil Complete, or Post-Boil Gravity in that order.

Fixed

  • Ibu Calculator - Updated the standalone IBU calculator to indicate preboil and postboil sizes.

2020-06-29

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder, My Inventory, My Shopping List - Removed necessity of clicking "add My_Custom_Malt" when adding custom ingredients. You can now press enter, tab, or escape via mouse click and the input will be accepted.

2020-06-26

Added

  • Recipe Builder - Added currency for all countries.
  • Recipe Builder - Added cost scaling to total cost summary, click on cost to view this.
  • Recipe View - Added currency for ingredients.
  • Recipe View - Added total cost summary, click on cost to view this.
  • General Settings - Added currency for all countries.

Fixed

  • Water Chemistry Calculator - Updated water volumes updating from quick water requirements instead of recipe when linked water calc.

2020-06-25

Added

  • General Setting - Option for Packaging Size. This will be used to calculate calories and carbohydrates in the Recipe Builder, Brew Session, and Recipe View pages.
  • Recipe Builder - Currency for all countries.
  • Recipe View - Currency for ingredients.
  • Recipe View - Total cost summary, click on cost to view this.
  • General Settings - Currency for all countries.

Fixed

  • My Inventory - Fixed adding custom yeast and yeast type selection saving.
  • My Shopping - Fixed adding custom yeast and yeast type selection saving.

2020-06-11

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed other ingredient conversion to gallons.

2020-06-10

Fixed

  • My Inventory - Style refinements for filters, tables, bulk edit and bulk delete on mobile view. Fix for horizontal overflow on mobile when adding or editing new inventory item.
  • My Shopping - Style refinements for filters, tables, bulk edit and bulk delete on mobile view. Fix for horizontal overflow on mobile when adding or editing new shopping item.
  • My Recipes - Moving a recipe to a group.
  • Recipe Builder - Updated recipe attenuation to use highest yeast attenuation. Also fixes an issue with zero attenuation culture addition such as lactobacillus.
  • Recipe Builder - Improved Mash chemistry / Water Calculator to take late additions into account, such as "mash capping" of roasted grains. Late additions of fermentables are ignored for the purposes of mash pH.
  • Brew Sessions - Fixed an issue with the calendar picker not assigning times, causing errors in the fermentation chart.

2020-06-01

Added

  • Recipe Builder - Complete country list for custom fermentables.
  • My Inventory - Complete country list for custom fermentables.
  • My Shopping - Complete country list for custom fermentables.

2020-05-11

Added

  • Recipe Editor - Ingredient cost has an option for updating all of the same ingredients. This will now match alpha acids on hops and PPG on fermentables.
  • Recipe Editor - Change currency option under stats bar More.
  • Inventory - View counts, brew counts and star ratings to recipe suggestions.
  • Group Inventory - View counts, brew counts and star ratings to recipe suggestions.
  • General Setting - Option to change currency for all recipes.

Fixed

  • Brew Sessions - Fermentation chart days filter that was being reset after mousing over the chart.
  • Recipe View - Fermentation chart days filter that was being reset after mousing over the chart.

2020-05-07

Added

  • My Recipes - The ability to bulk move recipes to folders.
  • My Recipes - Move recipes to folders on mobile.

Fixed

  • My Recipes - Folder count update after deleting a recipe.
  • My Recipes - Deleted group recipes from showing up.
  • My Brew Sessions - Folder count update after deleting a recipe.

2020-05-06

Added

  • Devices and API - New Endpoint for specific gravity from iSpindel devices. This was needed since the iSpindel does not send a gravity unit like P or G and only sends the gravity value. The default is Plato but you can now send readings in specific gravity by using the new Specific Gravity URL /ispindel_sg/. No matter what unit you are sending you can always change the unit in General Settings under Sugar Scale to view readings in that unit.

2020-04-30

Added

2020-04-21

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Efficiency scaling in scaling dialog.
  • Recipe Builder - Total Attenuation editing UI issue.
  • Recipe Builder - Fix Selected Other ingredients.
  • Device Settings - Edit Forwarders and Notifications.
  • Ingredient Catalog - Added Argentina and Chile for country origin fermentable option.

2020-04-07

Added

  • Recipe Builder - Ingredient and recipe cost.
  • Recipe Builder - Units for yeast. Now supports grams, oz, etc.
  • Recipe Builder - Ingredient cost to scaling.
  • Recipe Builder - lb, oz, g, and kg to fermentable units.
  • Recipe Builder - Ingredient dropdowns now organize inventories for groups, with country flags (for fermentables) and inventory tags.
  • Recipe View - Recipe cost.
  • Recipe View - Country flag to fermentables.
  • Recipe Versions - Recipe cost to compare.
  • Brew Sessions - Tank column for group brew sessions with a tank assigned.
  • Brew Sessions - Auto increment batch code.
  • Brew Sessions - Brew Log Entry updated UI.
  • Brew Sessions - Multiple devices to one brew session.
  • Brew Sessions - Auto create brew logs with future events for dry hopping.
  • Brew Sessions - Start brew inventory deduction - inventory tags and inventory updated date.
  • Pro Group Tanks - Created a Partial Transfer event.
  • Pro Equipment - Added temperature unit conversion to use default units.
  • Pro Tank Logs - Adds a Tank transfer button to tank logs page for moving beer from a fermenter to a bright tank. Also adds bright tank and barrel icons for fermentation vessel.
  • Pro Tank Logs - Event Notifications for future events, great for Dry Hop reminders.
  • Pro Tank Logs - Current tank bar at the top to quickly see what beer is currently in a tank.
  • Inventory - For Pro Groups you can now import your BSG Invoice and all ingredients will be added to your inventory.
  • Inventory - Tags, Unit Price, Milled fields.
  • Inventory - PPG, Diastatic and Lovibond moved to tooltip to save space in inventory table.
  • Inventory - Add Inventory modal updated to cleaner UI.
  • Inventory - Search Filter will show items in your inventory that match your search.
  • Inventory - Units for yeast. Now supports grams, oz, etc.
  • Inventory - Country flag to fermentables.
  • Shopping - Search Filter will show items in your shopping list that match your search.
  • Shopping - Unit Price, Milled fields.
  • Shopping - Add Item modal updated to cleaner UI.
  • Shopping - Convert to inventory will now copy estimated price to inventory price and also copy the milled option.
  • Shopping - Units for yeast. Now supports grams, oz, etc.
  • Shopping - Country flag to fermentables.
  • Shopping - Convert to group inventory and tag options.
  • Brew Logs - Event Notifications for future events, great for Dry Hop reminders.
  • My Recipes - Cost column.
  • My Brew Sessions - Starting a brew session now allows blending and splitting batches.
  • My Brew Sessions - Editing a brew session now allows blending and splitting batches.

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Occasional Invalid ingredient error editing.
  • Recipe Builder - Loading deleted inventory ingredients.
  • Recipe Builder - Recipe scaling yeast.
  • Recipe Builder - With the addition of post boil size using target fermenter the IBU calculation should use this instead of batch size as used with a target of kettle.
  • Brew Sessions - Start brew inventory deduction for multiple same ingredients in a recipe.
  • Brew Sessions - Brew logs are now sorted by date with the most current at the top.
  • Recipe Versions - Inventory ingredient item names showing.
  • Recipe View - Hop Summary total with regards to pounds of hops, will now display total in pounds if over 16 oz or in kilograms if over 1000 g.
  • Inventory - Group editing permission error.
  • Shopping - Saving country with fermentables.
  • Groups - Group invite and mobile nav menu.

2020-02-23

Added

  • Ingredients Catalog - Added Gladfield Malt list.

2020-02-11

Fixes

  • Recipe builder - Larger dropdowns on mobile.
  • Recipe builder and calculators - Subtle visual cues for form elements that are in focus (when using "tab" to navigate).
  • Recipe page - Fix for narrow margins on recipe print (to make it work with ring binders), when browsers ignores custom margins.
  • Devices page - Fixed buttons covering text on mobile.
  • Mobile navigation - Fallback for the main mobile navigation when using older devices without flexbox support.
  • Imported Recipes - Fixed bug where imported recipe ingredients didn't save as matches to existing catalog ingredients
  • Recipe Builder - Hide PH when the calculated value is out of range
  • Recipe Builder - “Cells Required” missing on yeast area of Recipe Builder
  • Buy Ingredients - Steeping grains not included when you click buy Ingredients

2020-01-22

  • My Recipes - Mobile bug selecting group in my recipes was going to that group in my brew sessions.
  • Recipe Builder - Added a dropdown next to Late Addition to allow you to specify when you will be adding the late addition. This will more accurately calculate pre and post boil gravity, OG, FG, IBU and ABV. The default selection is nothing and will continue to work as it had been.
  • Recipe Builder - Added fermentable points calculated by multiplying PPG * amount. This will change with efficiency.
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed loading Post Boil Volume.
  • IBU Calculator - Adds hop utilization factor and altitude adjustment to the IBU calculator. This already existed in the recipe builder. https://www.brewersfriend.com/ibu-calculator/​

2020-01-08

  • Brew Session - Added Fermentation chart ability to edit BPM readings.
  • Brew Session - Fixed fermentation chart index issue with bpm line matching up.
  • Brew Session - Fermentation chart fixed Y-Axis n/a zero issue.
  • API - Added CSV fermentation import. You can already export fermentation data in a CSV, now you can import it too. https://docs.brewersfriend.com/api/fermentation​
  • My Recipes - Fixed folder edit for users and groups.
  • My Brew Sessions - Fixed folder edit for users and groups.

2019-12-30

Fixes

  • My Recipes - Fix Hop Summary in print & view to correctly show full recipe hop quantities
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed an issue where others time is incorrectly displayed when editing recipe.

2019-11-25

Fixes

  • Recipe Builder - Improved ingredients search in fermentable dropdowns to match more variations of ingredient names.
  • My Recipes - Fixed bug with navigation not functioning when certain recipes appeared.
  • Account Settings - Unit rounding options not showing up when editing profile page.
  • Recipe Builder - Mash Steps not saving when target temp not set
  • Water Calculator - Fixed bug with water calculator sometimes not holding the chosen water profile.

Improvements

  • Recipe Builder - Improve page loading speed when editing a recipe with a lot of ingredients.
  • Brew Session - Allow Brew Session phase to update when clicking on a phase button.

2019-11-21

Fixes

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed issue when sorting recipe ingredients with inventory items.
  • Recipe Builder - Only change amount of ingredient when units change if an ingredient has been selected, to prevent amounts changing unintentionally when entering ingredient fields from left to right.

2019-11-20

Fixes

  • Label Generator - Refined page layout, fixed labels print style issues, fixed label previews to match printed labels.
  • My Inventory - Fixed inventory form showing irrelevant form fields on mobile when adding or editing items.

2019-11-19

Fixes

  • Brew Session - Removed ‘mash volume’ entry at mash complete entry on brew log
  • Brew Session - Fixed an issue where editing the brew log post-brew day could remove the OG in the log

Visual Fixes

Brew Session (base layout):
  • Fixed content overflow on medium screens.
  • Refined "Brew Session" title and navigation.
  • Refined username, removed avatar.
  • Refined beer stats list.
  • Refined beer stats row.
  • Refined tabs navigations.
Brew Session - Brew Log:
  • Fixed form overflow on mobile when adding a new brew log entry.
  • Refined "Batch Performance" blocks layout on mobile / desktop.
  • Fixed table layout on mobile.
Brew Session - Brew Steps:
  • Fixed "Add step" form overflow on mobile
  • Fixed headings / buttons / checkbox alignment
Brew Session - Water Requirements:
  • Fixed table layout on mobile.
Brew Session - Water Chemistry:
  • Fixed "Batch Data" table overflow on mobile.
  • Fixed "Water Chemistry - Ion Levels (ppm or mg/L)" table overflow on mobile.
  • Fixed "Brewing Salt Additions" table overflow on mobile.
  • Fixed "Ion Levels" table overflow on mobile.
  • Fixed "Ion Balance" table overflow on mobile.
  • Fixed update/reset/save buttons alignment on mobile.
Brew Session - Mash Calculator:
  • Fixed and refined layout on mobile.
  • Fixed table overflow on mobile.
  • Refined calculator tabs on mobile.
Brew Session - Recipe View:
  • Fixed tables overflow on mobile.
Brew Session - Notes:
  • Fixed heading / checkbox alignment.
  • Fixed and refined notes layout.
Brew Session - Fermentation:
  • Refined styles for chart navigation.
  • Fixed and cleaned up toolbar layout on mobile.
Start a Brew Session:
  • Removed scroll bars on mobile.
  • Fixed content container overflow on desktop.
My Shopping:
  • Updated edit / delete buttons alignment on mobile when table is collapsed.

2019-11-18

Fixed

2019-11-15

Fixed

  • Recipe View - Fixed incorrect ingredient stats (ppg, color, etc.) showing for steeping grains in Extract recipes

2019-11-14

Fixed

  • My Recipes - Fixed bug where bulk deletion of recipes could sometimes occur when only one was selected to delete

2019-11-10

Updated

  • Buy Ingredients - Re-introduced the "Buy Ingredients" feature on recipe pages that integrates with Homebrew Supply's new website.

2019-10-31

Fixed

  • Recipe Listing - Fixed errors occurring with bulk recipe deletes
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed error saying fermentables haven't been filled out when they have
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed bug with default equipment profile not populating on new recipes
  • Recipe Builder - Fixed errors with loading recipes with non-standard units, e.g. "onz"
  • Brew Session - Fix for starting brew sessions with the correct default units

Updated

  • Alerts - Improved the way we show minor alerts across the site so they're more visually appealing

2019-10-30

  • Brew Session / Fermentation - Gravity knob value now updates when device updates.
  • Recipe View / Fermentation - Gravity knob value now updates when device updates.

2019-10-24

Fixed

  • Recipe Builder - Fixed a bug when sorting fermentables resulted in changing ingredient quantities
  • Recipe Edit & View - Removed post-boil gravity until we can fix some calculation issues that have been reported. In the mean time, post-boil gravity is frequently the same as OG.

2019-10-21

Updated

  • My profile pages - Collapsible navigation tabs on mobile; Wider inputs on mobile; Unified inputs padding.
  • Account page - Fixed mobile phone input overflow on mobile.
  • Profile page - Fixed form overflow on mobile.
  • General page - Fixed form overflow on mobile.
  • Equipment page - Fixed layout issues on mobile.
  • Water profiles page - Fixed table layout on mobile.
  • Water profiles page - Fixed "Add new water profile" table layout on mobile.
  • Brew steps page: - Fixed "Add step" form overflow on mobile.
  • My brewing pages - Collapsible navigation tabs on mobile.
  • My dashboard page - Fixed dashboard blocks overflow on mobile; Fixed margins / height of dashboard blocks on medium and large screens.
  • My brew sessions page - Fixed table layout on mobile and desktop; Fixed draggable names space jumps on hover.