We recommend configuring your settings before using the production suite in Breww; you can find these settings by heading to Settings->Production settings->General production settings.

At the top of batch settings you will find two checkboxes; selecting the first will mean that by default, when you start a batch, the Auto-allocate ingredients** checkbox will be selected. You can override this on a batch level when starting a batch. If you would rather add your ingredients as you go on a brew day rather than allocate them at the start, then you can have this unchecked.

The second refers to situations where you enter a batch volume that differs from your recipe; for example, if your recipe was written for 1000 litres, and you are brewing a 2000 litre batch, would you like Breww to scale these quantities automatically for you? This will mean that you can have one recipe for a beer and have the flexibility to brew batches of different sizes, as Breww will scale the ingredient quantities. If you would rather Breww didn't automatically do this, you can leaved this unselected; you can overide this on a batch level when starting the batch.

Your daily batch readings will show as a reminder on your production dashboard and apply to all vessels. Here, you can simply enter how many times you would like Breww to remind you to take fermentation readings each day.

In Breww, you can merge batches into other batches. The original gyle numbers will be maintained, provided that you are transferring a batch into the entirety of another. If the batch being merged into has already had rackings or the batch is split, then a new gyle is created to maintain the integrity of the original batch for traceability. In this scenario, you can choose to have a batch number follow on from your usual number sequence or use a prefix for merged batches to distinguish merged batches from your core gyle number sequence. You can simply enter the prefix here.

The Show individual turns on batch schedule for multi-turn batches checkbox refers to the batch schedule visualisation, where your scheduled batches are viewed on a calendar; you can either have this present as 'one' block on the batch schedule or as three individual blocks (in the example of a 3 turn batch) representing the turns.

The Require a recipe on all batches checkbox provides some error proofing, as it prevents a batch from being started if no recipe has been selected. If this is unchecked, you can create and start batches without using a recipe.

Your batch schedule can be viewed and organised either by vessel type or vessel group.

If organising this by vessel type example:

If organising by vessel group example:

Here, you can choose to use the Metric or US Imperial system. There is also a checkbox to choose whether to allow stock items to use any unit of measurement (from either the Metric or US Imperial systems); however, the unit system you selected previously will be used for vessel volumes.

You can then select a Volume unit to use for all production and recipe volumes, which refers to the units used when producing, transferring and packaging batches.

If this option is checked, you will not be able to complete a racking without having all the required stock items available (as per product and/or container type requirements), such as an empty can and lid when racking a can. You will be shown a warning when unchecked and can adjust or continue anyway, even though you do not have the 'required' stock items.

Once you have completed these options, you can select Save general production settings.

You will be able to set your default ABV calculation for duty purposes by heading to Beer duty/Alcohol duty->Annual estimate & settings.

You will be able to select from the options below:

The option chosen here will define the default ABV calculation method for all batches created in Breww. This is just a default, and it can be overwritten on any batch to force it to use a different method.