You can start a batch in Breww by selecting Actions->New batch or by selecting the New batch button on the production page under the Brewing systems, vessels and in-progress batches section.

A batch number will be automatically created for the batch, which numerically follows your batch number sequence upon starting the batch, so a batch number wont yet be displayed. You have the opportunity to give the batch a prefix if you use these for your batches, as well as a batch reference. If you are following a basic number sequence, then these can all be left blank.

This article will follow how to create a Standard batch in Breww. You can learn about our other Brew types in our Contract/collaboration brewing guide.

All the beers/drinks you have created will appear in the Beer dropdown menu. If you haven't yet created your beers, then you can find out how to set these up by following our Beers/drinks and packaging approval help guide. Having selected the beer, you will also be able to select which recipe you are using for this batch. For more on how to build your recipes for your beers, then please see our guide: Recipes & brew sheets.



You will then need to select your brewing system, planned volume, and the number of turns. To find out more about what you need to enter as your planned volume, please see our Recipe/batch volumes guide, and our Multi-turn batches guide for more on multi-turn batches.

You will then be able to schedule your vessel use for the batch and set a planned start date; you can find out more on how to schedule your vessels or have Breww automatically schedule your vessels via our guide: Vessel plans.

Lastly, you will be able to schedule in any planned packagings for the batch. This will then get displayed in your batch schedule under Planned packagings. Any planned packagings will populate your stock availability forecast. Our Planned packagings guide discusses how this works in more detail.

If your batch was planned in advance, then you can start this planned batch by heading to the Batch schedule and selecting your planned batch. You can then select View batch->Start batch. Alternatively, you can head to View->All batches, select the batch and then Start batch.

Now that the batch has been started a batch number will be assigned to the batch, continuing your batch sequence. Three checkboxes can be marked accordingly, which can also be predefined in your production settings. These can always be overridden on a batch-by-batch basis.

Ticking the auto-allocate box will mean that any additions that you have allowed auto-allocation on in your recipe will be drawn from stock and assigned to the batch based on the FEFO principle. Our Batch ingredient substitutions help article discusses managing your ingredient additions in more detail.

The "date and time batch started" will be auto-filled to the current time, but this can also be overridden if necessary. At the bottom of the start planned batch window, you will also have the ability to enter any batch notes. You can then select Start batch.

Your batch will now be considered as being in your brewing system, and this will displayed on your production dashboard.

Once your batch is in your brewing system, you will be able to manage the ingredient additions and recipe steps by using the electronic brew sheet; this is discussed further in the article: Brew sheets.

Undo/correct batch errors

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