I’ve got a question about recipe development through Breww. I have always written recipes based on the ‘turn’, primarily for ingredient efficiency, and sometimes we brew a single batch while other times we brew a double batch of a recipe. After importing my first few recipes into Breww and having the multi batch function turned on, I see that Breww wants to split up the ingredients based on the number of turns. If I ignore the recipe in Breww altogether and use my recipe sheet created through Brewfather am I going to be able to knock out multiple turns into a fermenter without issue or am I going to run into a roadblock or error this way? Or, better yet, is there a way to make Breww look at my recipe as the ‘turn’ and scale it up depending on the number of turns rather than having to build the recipe for the ‘batch’? Thanks for any feedback.
Hi Dave, Thanks for your comment! Recipes in Breww should be written as if you were producing a single turn of a specific batch size. For example, you might have a recipe written for a 1,000L batch that calls for 200kg of Maris Otter malt.
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If you create a 1,000L batch in Breww, it will simply call for the 200kg specified in the recipe.
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If you create a larger batch, say 2,000L, Breww will scale this automatically (if enabled) to 400kg.
When using multi-turn, Breww looks at the overall batch size and scales accordingly. Taking the 2,000L example over two turns:
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Breww divides the 400kg requirement into two turns of 1,000L each.
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Each turn would therefore include 200kg of Maris Otter malt.
In summary:
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The recipe batch size determines how scaling works when creating a batch.
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For multi-turn batches, the batch volume entered should reflect the full batch size across all turns.
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Breww will then distribute the additions automatically, so you don’t need to create separate recipes for different batch sizes or numbers of turns.
This is covered in more detail in this guide Batch ingredient scaling - Breww docs , but let me know if you have any more questions on this. Cheers!