Brewers Almanack MCP server

Brewers Almanack is a small helper you add to your AI assistant so it can answer brewing questions using real reference data instead of guessing. It covers beer styles, hops, malts, yeasts, water profiles, off-flavour diagnosis, recipe ideas and food pairings. It is handy for homebrewers and anyone curious about beer who wants solid answers instead of made-up ones.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI a brewing question in plain language, like what hops suit a Belgian Dubbel or why your beer tastes like butter. The AI passes that question to this helper, which searches its built-in brewing data. The helper finds the matching styles, ingredients, off-flavours, water profiles or pairings and sends them back. Your AI then explains the answer to you in the chat. No accounts, no internet calls, all the data sits inside the helper.

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What you can do with it

• Look up any of 85 BJCP 2021 beer styles by name, category or characteristics
• Search hops, malts, yeasts and adjuncts by name, type or trait
• Diagnose an off-flavour from how your beer tastes or smells
• Find brewing water profiles by city or beer style
• Get a suggested recipe for a target beer style
• Match a beer style with a dish, or a dish with a beer

Try asking your AI

• “What hops work in a Belgian Dubbel?”
• “My beer tastes like butter, what went wrong?”
• “Suggest a recipe for a West Coast IPA”
• “What food pairs well with a stout?”

What it gives back to you

You get answers written in the chat, drawn from the built-in data. That can be a list of styles or ingredients with their key numbers, a diagnosis with likely causes and fixes, a full recipe with grain, hops, yeast and water, or a set of food pairings with short reasons. It is all text in the conversation, nothing to download.

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Who it's for

Homebrewers, beer enthusiasts and anyone who wants reliable brewing answers from their AI instead of guesses.