DraughtLab Pro vs Brewer's Friend

DraughtLab is a powerful and intuitive sensory analysis tool designed to bring your tasting data into action. DraughtLab’s platform helps food and beverage producers build flavor profiles, measure consistency and troubleshoot the process. Whether you’re just starting or have a functioning sensory program, DraughtLab’s powerful software tools can help you develop and grow your Sensory Quality Control program.

Brewer's Friend is the complete homebrewing toolkit: design a recipe, brew it, track fermentation, and dial in the next batch. Easy enough for your first extract kit, powerful enough for all-grain and BIAB. DESIGN BETTER RECIPES • Full recipe builder for all grain, BIAB, extract, and partial mash • Searchable ingredient database — fermentables, hops, yeast, and adjuncts • Live numbers as you build: OG, FG, ABV, IBU, and SRM color • Choose your own formulas — Tinseth or Rager for IBU, Morey, Daniels, or Mosher for color • Equipment profiles so efficiency, boil-off, and volumes match your actual system • Scale any recipe up or down to a new batch size • Beer style guidelines, plus your own custom styles • Organize everything with folders BREW DAY, HANDLED • Step-by-step brew day timeline with built-in countdown timers • Log mash temps, gravity readings, volumes, and tasting notes as you go • Works offline — brew in the garage with no signal and everything syncs when you're back online TRACK FERMENTATION • Full brew session tracking from pitch to package • Gravity and temperature charts that show exactly how fermentation is progressing • Tilt and iSpindel support for automatic hydrometer readings • Fermentation alerts so a stalled or finished batch never surprises you WATER CHEMISTRY, SOLVED • Complete water calculator: source water, target profile, mash and sparge treatment • Salt and acid addition recommendations with mash pH and a full treatment report • Save water profiles and reuse them batch after batch • Built-in documentation explaining what every number means and why BREWING CALCULATORS ABV • IBU • SRM Color • Priming & Carbonation • Keg PSI • Mash & Infusion • Strike Water • Hydrometer Temperature Correction • Refractometer • Brix • Boil Off • LME/DME Conversion • Hop Utilization • Yeast Pitch Rate & Starter STAY STOCKED • Inventory tracking for fermentables, hops, yeast, equipment, and everything else • Know what's on the shelf before you plan the next brew DISCOVER AND SHARE • Browse a large community library of public homebrew recipes • Print or share any recipe as a clean, brew-ready sheet • Syncs with your Brewer's Friend account on the web • Metric or imperial — your call MEMBERSHIP Brewer's Friend is free to use. Optional memberships unlock more: Premium — unlimited recipes and brews, ad-free, Tilt and iSpindel integration, and premium support. Premium Plus — everything in Premium, plus brewer groups, device notifications and fermentation alerts, recipe versioning up to 25 versions, and priority support. Premium Pro — everything above, plus multi-user recipe editing, shared inventory management, tank tracking with status and clean history, split and double batches, and recipe versioning up to 100 versions. Memberships are auto-renewable subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://www.brewersfriend.com/terms/