# Profiles

Profiles in Brewfather allow you to save and reuse equipment configurations, mash schedules, fermentation plans, water chemistry, and custom beer styles. Create once, use many times – perfect for maintaining consistency across your brews.

## Available Profile Types

### Equipment Profile

Define your brewing system's specifications including batch size, efficiency, losses, and boil-off rate. Essential for accurate recipe calculations.

### Mash Profile

Save your favorite mash schedules with specific temperature steps, times, and water volumes. Reuse proven mash profiles across different recipes.

### Fermentation Profile

Plan and save multi-stage fermentation schedules including temperature ramps, cold crashing, and conditioning phases.

### Water Profile

Store your water chemistry data including mineral content and pH. Build a library of water profiles for different beer styles.

### Custom Styles

Create your own beer style guidelines with target ranges for gravity, color, bitterness, and other characteristics.

## How to Use Profiles

1. **Access Profiles**: Navigate to the Profiles section from the main menu
2. **Select Profile Type**: Choose the type of profile you want to create or edit
3. **Create New**: Tap the + button to create a new profile
4. **Edit Existing**: Select a profile from the list to modify it
5. **Apply to Recipe**: When creating or editing a recipe, select saved profiles from the dropdown menus

## Benefits

* **Consistency**: Use the same settings across multiple recipes
* **Time Saving**: No need to re-enter common configurations
* **Organization**: Keep all your brewing configurations in one place
* **Sharing**: Export and share profiles with other brewers
* **Experimentation**: Compare different profiles side-by-side

## Tips

* Name profiles descriptively (e.g., "5 Gallon BIAB Setup" instead of "Equipment 1")
* Create seasonal water profiles based on your local water reports
* Save successful mash profiles from great batches for future use
* Use fermentation profiles to replicate successful temperature schedules

## Related docs

* [Equipment Profiles](https://docs.brewfather.app/profiles/equipment)
* [Mash Profiles](https://docs.brewfather.app/profiles/mash)
* [Fermentation Profiles](https://docs.brewfather.app/profiles/fermentation)
* [Water Profiles](https://docs.brewfather.app/profiles/water)
* [Custom Styles](https://docs.brewfather.app/profiles/custom-styles)