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Brewer’s Friend exports BeerXML, which Brewgravity reads directly. You can move a single recipe or your entire library.

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Export everything at once

This is the one you want if you are migrating.
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Sign in to Brewer's Friend

The export is tied to your account, so you must be signed in at brewersfriend.com.
2

Open the Beer Recipes menu

From the main navigation, go to your recipe list.
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Choose Export BeerXML

The bulk export options are Export BeerXML and Export HTML. Pick BeerXML — HTML is for reading, not for importing.
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Unzip the download

Brewer’s Friend delivers the bulk export as a .zip. Unzip it; inside is one .xml file per recipe (or a combined file, depending on your account).
Brewgravity’s import accepts .xml and .json files, not .zip archives. If you drop the zip straight onto the drop zone, you will get “No .json or .xml files found” — unzip first, then drop the loose files.

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Export a single recipe

Open the recipe on Brewer’s Friend and use its export function to download BeerXML. This is the quicker path if you are only bringing over the two or three beers you actually still brew.

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Import into Brewgravity

1

Open the import page

Go to brewgravity.com/import, or press ⌘K and choose Import BeerXML.
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Select every .xml file

Drag the whole unzipped folder’s contents onto the drop zone, or use the picker and select all. There is no need to do them in batches.
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Read the confirmation

Brewgravity lists the name of every recipe it created. If a name you expected is missing, see troubleshooting.

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After the import

Brewer’s Friend and Brewgravity make slightly different assumptions, so check these on any recipe you plan to brew soon:
Import first, tidy later. Get the whole library in, then fix efficiency and alpha acids on individual recipes as you come to brew them. There is no reward for perfecting 80 recipes you will not touch this year.

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What does not come across

Brewer’s Friend brew sessions, fermentation logs, and tasting notes stay behind — BeerXML carries recipes, not brew history. If you want a past batch represented in Brewgravity, create a brew session from the imported recipe and back-date it; see Brew sessions.