Scaling Brewfather Recipes for Your BrewZilla Brewing System

In a previous post we covered how to select and setup the BrewZilla equipment profile within Brewfather. But did you know that you can then use this equipment profile to automatically scale any recipe found within Brewfather to suit your BrewZilla?

Introduction

One of the great things about Brewfather is it's impressive recipe library. However, not every recipe has been designed to be brewed on a BrewZilla. By following the steps below, you can take any recipe within the Brewfather recipe library and scale it to your BrewZilla profile to get accurate measurements for all aspects of the recipe, regardless of the original equipment or batch size.

Steps to Scale a Brewfather Recipe for your BrewZilla

1. Login to Brewfather
   
   
2. Select Library from the left menu
   
   
3. Search for and select the Recipe you'd like to use. In this example we'll use the most viewed recipe in the library - the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
   
   
   
   
   
4. After selecting the recipe to open it, click the Copy button located in the lower right corner
   
   
   
   
   
5. The recipe will now be copied to your list of Recipes within Brewfather. 
6. Select Recipes from the left menu in Brewfather then select the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale recipe
   
   
   
   
   
7. Click the button to change the Equipment Profile as pictured below. In this example you can see the Equipment profile is currently set to BB60 NoSparge 25liter
   
   
   
   
   
8. Select the BrewZilla / RoboBrew 35L profile (or use the 65L profile if you have the larger 65L BrewZilla)
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. Click the Save button (in the lower right corner). Brewfather should now prompt you to scale the recipe. Click Yes
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. The values for ingredients such as hops and fermentables will now automatically update accordingly. You can use the Undo button at the top of the screen to reverse the change and compare the before and after values. 

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can easily scale any Brewfather recipe to fit your BrewZilla brewing system. This allows you to explore a wide variety of recipes and brew them with confidence, knowing that your measurements and ingredients are accurately adjusted for your equipment. 

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