Recipes

This is the home of all your recipes and your starting place for creating new recipes and choosing one to brew

The recipe section of Brewfather

This section lists all your recipes and provides the options for creating and importing recipes.

There are many ways that you can choose to sort your recipes, and they are accessed by clicking the sort button The ways the recipes can be sorted include

• Newest - Date order starting with the latest created recipe.

• Name - Alphabetically by recipe name.

• Style - Recipes are grouped by Style, with the name of the style sorted alphabetically.

• Author - Recipes are grouped by Author and then sorted alphabetically by Author. This is particularly useful in a commercial setting or when trying to find an imported recipe created by someone else.

• Type - Recipes are grouped by recipe type, e.g., all grain, extract, etc.

• Equipment - Recipes are grouped by Equipment profile, with the groups sorted alphabetically based on the Equipment profile name.

• Mash - Recipes are grouped by Mash profile, with the groups sorted alphabetically based on the Mash profile name.

• Fermentation - Recipes are grouped by Fermentation profile, with the groups sorted alphabetically based on the Fermentation profile name.

• First Tag & Last Tag - Recipes are grouped by either the first or last tag in the recipe tags section, with the groups sorted alphabetically based on the first or last tag name.

All sort orders can be reversed to either A-Z or Z-A by clicking the sort direction arrow.

List View and Folder View

The recipes page supports two view modes, accessible via the view mode toggle button in the toolbar:

• List View — The default view showing all recipes in a flat, scrollable list with sorting and search. This is the classic recipe list.

• Folder View — An alternative view that organizes recipes into a nested folder structure, similar to a file manager. You can create folders, nest them, and drag-and-drop recipes between them.

Switch between views at any time using the view toggle button. Your view preference is saved and persists between sessions.

For full details on creating and managing folders, see Recipe Folders.

Recipe Versioning

Recipe Versioning lets you save snapshots of your recipe at different points in time and restore any previous version. The version selector appears in the recipe toolbar and shows your current version number.

• Create new versions with descriptions to track how your recipe evolves

• Lock versions as immutable reference points

• Restore, rollback, or branch from any previous version

• Select which version to brew when creating a batch

Recipe Versioning requires a Premium Plus subscription.

For full details, see Recipe Versioning.

Importing a Recipe

The Import button lets you choose the recipe you want to import in either BeerXML or Brewfather JSON format. Please note this is only available in premium accounts and NOT free accounts.

Adding or Creating a New Recipe

The Add Recipe button takes you to the recipe designer screen to create a new recipe.

The Menu Button also provides access to the Add Recipe and Import Recipe functions of Brewfather.

Search through your recipes

Recipe Search

To search for a recipe, type your search term in the box shown above. This can be used to search for anything, including recipe names, authors, profiles or tags.

Open a recipe

To open a recipe, hover over a recipe with your mouse until it highlights, and then click or tap on the recipe on your phone.

Toolbar Overview

When in List View, the toolbar provides:

• Sort — Choose how recipes are sorted (see sorting options above)

• Import — Import recipes from BeerXML or JSON

• Add Recipe — Create a new recipe

When in Folder View, additional buttons appear:

• Order Folders — Reorder top-level folders manually or with auto-sort

• New Folder — Create a new folder in the current location

• View Mode — Switch back to List View