Brewfather
Brewfather is a Norway-based brewing management application that consolidates recipe design, batch tracking, guided brew days, live fermentation monitoring, and inventory for homebrewers and small commercial breweries across web, iOS, and Android, with 20+ hardware integrations and freemium subscription pricing.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2018
- HeadquartersFlorø, Norway
- Headcount—
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingSoftware
What Brewfather does
Brewfather, operated by the Norwegian private limited company Warpkode AS and founded in 2018 by Thomas Gangsøy, is an all-in-one brewing software platform serving homebrewers and small-to-medium commercial breweries across web, iOS, and Android. The application consolidates recipe design, batch tracking, guided brew day execution, live fermentation monitoring, water chemistry calculation, and inventory management into a single synchronized product with offline support and real-time cross-device sync, supported by 20+ language localizations and a 4.9 average rating across the App Store and Google Play with 4,300+ ratings.
The platform is built on real-time recipe calculations (OG, FG, ABV, IBU, color) with multiple IBU formula support, a public recipe library of thousands of community-shared recipes, 20+ native hardware device integrations (Tilt, iSpindel, RAPT, Brewtools, Grainfather, Brewbrain Float, SmartPID, BrewPiLess, MyBrewbot, Plaato, and a Custom Stream HTTP endpoint for DIY hardware), and a REST API v2 with webhooks and a Connected Apps OAuth framework for third-party integrations. Premium features added between 2023 and 2026 — Recipe Versioning, Recipe Folders, Color Adjuster, and the Brewfather AI generative assistant grounded in each user's own data — extend the platform's depth, while commercial-brewery functionality (lot tracking, best-before dates, cost per liter) broadens its addressable market beyond hobbyists.
Revenue is generated through a freemium subscription model: a permanently free tier capped at 25 recipes and 25 batches, an annual Premium tier at roughly USD 29.99/EUR 29.99/GBP 24.99 unlocking unlimited recipes, all device integrations, inventory cost tracking, BeerXML import/export, versioning, PDF printing, and API access, and a Premium Plus tier at roughly USD 49.99 bundling the Brewfather AI assistant with 500 monthly credits plus 5GB file storage. Distribution is product-led via the App Store, Google Play, and a PWA web app, with community-driven acquisition through an active Discord server, Facebook group, public recipe sharing, and an affiliate program; payments are processed through Paddle, Apple App Store, and Google Play.
Brewfather firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Brewfather
- Legal name
- Warpkode AS
- Website
- https://brewfather.app
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2018
- Operating status
- Operating
- Short description
- Brewfather is a Norway-based brewing management application that consolidates recipe design, batch tracking, guided brew days, live fermentation monitoring, and inventory for homebrewers and small commercial breweries across web, iOS, and Android, with 20+ hardware integrations and freemium subscription pricing.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Brewfather is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Florø
- HQ country
- Norway
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Brewfather business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Premium Subscription: Annual or monthly subscription unlocking unlimited recipes/batches, all device integrations, inventory cost tracking, BeerXML import/export, recipe versioning, PDF printing, and API access.
- Premium Plus Subscription: Premium Plus includes all Premium features plus AI Brewing Assistant (500 credits/month), file attachments with 5GB storage, and early access to new features.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Pay-as-you-go | Free tier with essential brewing features |
| Subscription | Annual | Unlimited brewing with all integrations |
| Subscription | Annual | AI-powered features with 500 credits/month |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels6 records
Brewfather product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Brewfather is a cloud-based, cross-platform brewing application that consolidates recipe design, batch tracking, guided brew day execution, live fermentation monitoring, and inventory management into a single product. It is sold as a freemium SaaS subscription with a permanently free tier and paid Premium and Premium Plus plans, and it is delivered through a web app, native iOS app, and native Android app with real-time synchronization. The product targets homebrewers and small commercial breweries, with native integrations to 20+ wireless hydrometers, temperature controllers, and brewing hardware.
Product overview
Brewfather is an all-in-one brewing software platform for home and commercial brewers, consisting of a unified core application available as web, iOS, and Android apps with cross-device synchronization and offline support. The core product combines recipe design (Recipe Designer), batch tracking (Guided Brew Day, Live Fermentation), inventory management (Inventory & Water Chemistry), and a public Recipe Library. Premium subscription tiers add advanced features: Recipe Versioning and Recipe Folders for recipe management, the Color Adjuster for grain bill optimization, and the REST API with Connected Apps for integrations. Premium Plus introduces Brewfather AI, a generative AI assistant for recipe creation and modification. A suite of free Brewing Calculators (ABV, hydrometer correction, carbonation, strike water, IBU, yeast pitch rate) is available without subscription. The product is developed by Warpkode AS (Norway) and supports 20+ languages and 20+ device integrations.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Brewfather AI: AI-powered brewing assistant included with Premium Plus subscription. Creates recipes from ideas, modifies existing recipes, analyzes inventory, and answers brewing questions using the user's own data.
Products and services
- Brewfather Core App All-in-one brewing software for recipe design, batch tracking, guided brew days, and live fermentation monitoring. Available as a web app, iOS app, and Android app with real-time synchronization across devices and offline support. Sold as a freemium SaaS subscription with a permanently free tier and paid Premium and Premium Plus plans.
- Brewing Calculators Free suite of standalone web-based brewing calculators covering ABV, hydrometer correction, refractometer correction, carbonation, strike water temperature, IBU, yeast pitch rate, and unit converters. Available without a subscription at brewfather.app/tools.
- Public Recipe Library Searchable library of thousands of community-shared brewing recipes that users can browse by style or ingredient, copy into their own account, and adapt to their equipment profile.
- Brewfather REST API v2 Public REST API v2 with scopes, webhooks, and OAuth-style Connected Apps framework that enables third-party services to read and write Brewfather recipe and batch data and integrate with brewing hardware.
- Brewfather AI Generative AI brewing assistant built into the Brewfather app that creates complete recipes from natural language descriptions, modifies existing recipes based on user instructions, and answers questions grounded in each user's own recipes, inventory, and equipment profiles. Available with the Premium Plus subscription at 500 AI credits per month.
- Brewfather Documentation Public documentation hub covering product features, integrations, brewing knowledge, and the API reference at docs.brewfather.app.
- Brewfather Partner/Affiliate Program Partner and affiliate program that lets brewing-related websites and influencers promote Brewfather in exchange for referral compensation.
- Brewfather Community Discord Community Discord server for sharing recipes, asking workflow questions, and following Brewfather product updates.
Quantifiable outcome
- 4.9 average app store rating
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Brewfather
Customer profileSegments2 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Brewfather technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration24 records
AI capability2 records
Feature10 records
Brewfather partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Tilt HydrometercoreNative integration for wireless gravity and temperature monitoring. Tilt hydrometer data streams directly into Brewfather batches with real-time sync to all devices.
- iSpindelcoreDIY Wi-Fi hydrometer integration for gravity and temperature logging. Popular in the homebrewing community for fermentation monitoring.
- RAPT CloudcoreIntegration with RAPT Pill hydrometer and RAPT temperature controllers by KegLand for remote monitoring and control.
- BrewtoolscoreFull sync to Brewtools Cloud plus recipe transfer to Brewtools brewing systems. OAuth-style connected app integration.
- GrainfathercoreSend recipes and control Grainfather brewing systems via Bluetooth from within Brewfather.
- SmartPIDcoreFull two-way integration for brew day and fermentation temperature control. Supports thermostat configuration for heating/cooling relay control.
- BrewPiLesscoreDIY fermentation temperature controller integration for logging temperature and gravity data with configurable offsets.
- MyBrewbotcoreBluetooth receiver for Tilt data that controls fermentation temperature and logs to Brewfather with 15-minute intervals.
- Brewbrain Float HydrometercoreWireless hydrometer with native Brewfather integration for fermentation monitoring.
- Custom StreamcoreUniversal HTTP endpoint for logging temperature, gravity, pressure, and other data from any DIY device or custom hardware.
- WebhookscoreForward device readings from Brewfather to external endpoints in Processed or Raw format for custom automation.
- Taplist/On-Tap ServicesminorThird-party tapboard services (Tapitgood, Barhelper, Brewboard, Taplist) using Brewfather API for digital tap menus and beer list displays.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Brewfather competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- Brewtools: Brewtools makes compact brewing systems and a 'Brewtools Cloud' platform that connects with Brewfather via the Connected Apps framework. Comparable as a hardware-plus-software stack targeting advanced homebrewers, with deep Brewfather integration.
- KegLand (RAPT): KegLand is a hardware manufacturer whose RAPT product line (Pill hydrometer, temperature controllers, fermenters) integrates natively with Brewfather. Comparable as an emerging platform player building both brewing hardware and a software/cloud layer (RAPT Cloud).
- Grainfather: Grainfather is an all-in-one brewing appliance vendor whose controller software can send recipes to and be controlled from Brewfather over Bluetooth. Comparable as a connected-brewing platform for the prosumer/homebrewer segment with overlapping software ambitions.
- Brewblox: Brewblox is an open-source fermentation control platform (Spark controllers) with community-maintained Brewfather integrations. Comparable as a software/hardware ecosystem for advanced brewers focused on temperature and process control.
Direct peers
- Orchestrated Beer: Orchestrated Beer (now part of the EkOS family) offers ERP-style brewery management for production breweries. Comparable as an end-to-end brewing software platform with batch/inventory tracking, though targeting larger commercial customers than Brewfather.
- EkOS (EkOS Brewing Solutions): EkOS provides brewery management software for craft and commercial breweries covering inventory, production, sales, and distribution. Comparable as a workflow platform for brewers, though weighted toward commercial operations versus Brewfather's homebrewer base.
- Brewer's Friend: Brewer's Friend offers web-based brewing recipe design, batch tracking, water chemistry, and inventory management — directly overlapping Brewfather's core feature set. Targets the same homebrewer and prosumer base with a freemium SaaS model.
- BeerSmith: BeerSmith is the most established desktop and mobile brewing recipe/design software, used by both homebrewers and professionals. It is the closest direct competitor to Brewfather's Recipe Designer and batch tracking functionality, with overlapping IBU/color calculations and BJCP support.
Broad incumbents
- Untappd: Untappd is the dominant social/check-in platform for beer drinkers with a brewer/business tier for tap management and analytics. Comparable as a community-and-data platform in the beer ecosystem, though focused on discovery/consumption rather than brewing workflow.
Others
- Taplist.io: Taplist.io is a digital taplist and on-premise menu platform that consumes brewery data via APIs. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem player in the same beer-software stack, complementing Brewfather's role as a system of record.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Brewfather leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Brewfather funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Brewfather M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Brewfather
What does Brewfather do?
Brewfather is a cloud-based, cross-platform brewing application that consolidates recipe design, batch tracking, guided brew day execution, live fermentation monitoring, and inventory management into a single product. It is sold as a freemium SaaS subscription with a permanently free tier and paid Premium and Premium Plus plans, and it is delivered through a web app, native iOS app, and native Android app with real-time synchronization. The product targets homebrewers and small commercial breweries, with native integrations to 20+ wireless hydrometers, temperature controllers, and brewing hardware.
Is Brewfather a public or private company?
Brewfather is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Brewfather founded?
Brewfather was founded in 2018.
Where is Brewfather based?
Brewfather is headquartered in Florø, Norway, in the Europe region.
How does Brewfather make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Premium Subscription is the primary driver. The others are premium Plus Subscription.
Who are Brewfather's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are Brewtools, KegLand (RAPT), Grainfather and Brewblox. Direct peers are Orchestrated Beer, EkOS (EkOS Brewing Solutions), Brewer's Friend and BeerSmith. Untappd is listed as a broad incumbent. Taplist.io is listed as an others.
Does Brewfather have an API?
Yes. Brewfather provides a REST API v2 with scopes, webhooks, and Connected Apps for integration with third-party solutions. API access is available with Premium subscription. The API documentation is available at api.brewfather.app. Users can generate API keys from Settings > Integration. Brewfather also supports BeerXML and BeerJSON import/export for recipe data migration from other brewing software. Developer documentation is at api.brewfather.app.