> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://brewgravity.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> From signing in to pitching yeast, in about ten minutes.

## 1. Sign in

Go to [brewgravity.com](https://brewgravity.com). There are three ways in:

> **Email and password**
>
> Sign up, then click the verification link we email you. Verification is
> required before the account becomes usable.

> **Magic link**
>
> We email you a one-time sign-in link. It expires five minutes after it is
> sent.

> **Google**
>
> Sign in with a Google account. If you already have an email account on the
> same address, the two are linked automatically.

> [!TIP]
>
> No verification email? Check spam, then try the magic link instead — it proves
> the same thing and skips the password entirely.

## 2. Get a recipe in

Two options, and there is no wrong one.

**Import an existing recipe**

If you have been brewing on Brewer's Friend, Brewfather, BeerSmith, or
anything else that exports BeerXML or BeerJSON, go to **Import** and drop
the files in. Recipes, ingredients, and mash steps all come across.

Start with [Importing from Brewer's Friend](/docs/import/brewers-friend), or the
[import overview](/docs/import/overview) for everything else.

**Start from scratch**

Press <kbd>⌘</kbd><kbd>K</kbd> (or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd><kbd>K</kbd>) and choose
**New Recipe**, or use the button on the Recipes page.

Set batch size, boil time, and efficiency to match your system, then start
adding fermentables and hops. Stats update as you type — see
[Recipes](/docs/guides/recipes).

## 3. Dial in the numbers

Open the recipe and watch the stats as you add ingredients:

| Stat | What it is |
| - | - |
| **OG** | Original gravity, from your fermentables, batch size, and efficiency |
| **FG** | Final gravity, estimated from your yeast's attenuation |
| **ABV** | Alcohol by volume |
| **IBU** | Bitterness, from hop amounts, alpha acids, and boil times |
| **SRM** | Colour, which also drives the colour swatch on the recipe |

The two fields that most often make an imported recipe's numbers look wrong are
**efficiency** and **batch size** — those describe your brewhouse, not the
recipe. Set them once per recipe and the rest falls into place.

## 4. Start a brew day

From a recipe, press **Brew**. Brewgravity creates a brew session, dates it today,
and generates a full brew day checklist — gather ingredients, heat strike water,
mash in, vorlauf, sparge, boil, chill, pitch, clean up — that you tick off as
you go. Steps can carry timers, so the mash rest and the 60-minute boil count
themselves down.

See [Brew sessions](/docs/guides/brew-sessions).

## 5. Log the fermentation

When the wort is chilled, enter your measured OG and press **Start
Fermentation**. From there the **Fermentation** tab is where the session lives:
add readings for gravity, temperature, pH, volume, and notes, and Brewgravity charts
them over time. When it is done, enter your final gravity and press **Complete**
to get measured ABV, real attenuation, and how many days it actually took.

See [Fermentation](/docs/guides/fermentation).

## What next?

> **[Track your ingredients](/docs/guides/inventory)**
>
> Keep a running count of grain, hops, and yeast on hand.

> **[Ask the assistant](/docs/guides/ai-assistant)**
>
> Get feedback on a recipe, or have it propose edits you approve.

> **[Use the API](/docs/api-reference/introduction)**
>
> Script against your own recipes and logs with an API key.

> **[Connect an AI client](/docs/api-reference/mcp)**
>
> Run the Brewgravity MCP server in Claude or any MCP-capable client.


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