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Explore answers to common questions about using Foambyte to plan recipes, manage batches, and simplify your brewing process.
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What is Foambyte?
Foambyte is brewing software designed to help beverage producers create recipes, track batches, manage brewing profiles, and keep production information organized.
Who is Foambyte for?
Foambyte is built for homebrewers, nano breweries, and small beverage producers who want better control of their recipes and production without complicated software.
What beverages can I create in Foambyte?
Foambyte currently supports beer, cider, and mead production.
What can I do with the Free Plan?
The Free Plan includes Recipe Studio, brewing profiles, tools and calculators, and batch tracking from planning through carbonation. You can create up to 100 recipes and track up to 5 batches.
What happens when I reach the five-batch limit?
You can delete a completed or terminated batch to create a new one, or upgrade to the Plus Plan when it becomes available.
Can I calculate the cost of my recipes?
Yes. Foambyte helps you estimate recipe ingredient costs.
What brewing profiles can I create?
You can configure Brewhouse System, Brew Cycle, Water, and Carbonation profiles. These settings make recipe creation and batch planning faster and more consistent.
Can I record fermentation readings and process additions?
Yes. You can log gravity, temperature, pH, CO₂ pressure, and other production readings. You can also record ingredient additions and notes throughout the batch.
Does Foambyte include BJCP style guidelines?
Yes. Recipe Studio includes the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines to help you compare your recipe specifications with recognized beer-style ranges.
Do I need to install any software?
No. Foambyte is a web-based platform that you can access through your browser from a computer, tablet, or mobile device.
What is included in the Plus Plan?
Everything in the Free Plan, plus up to 500 recipes, 100 brewing profiles and 100 batches, downloadable recipe and batch PDF summaries, Ingredients Inventory Management, tank management with simple CIP for up to 8 tanks, IoT device integration, and email support.
How much does the Plus Plan cost?
US$2.99 a month, or US$29.99 a year (save 16%). In the US and Canada, applicable taxes are added at checkout; elsewhere, prices include them.
How does billing work?
Plus is billed in advance, monthly or yearly, and renews automatically until you cancel. Payments are processed by Paddle.com, our Merchant of Record, which handles the payment, taxes and receipts. Foambyte never sees or stores your full card number.
Which payment methods can I use?
You can pay by credit or debit card, PayPal, and, where your device and country support them, other methods such as Apple Pay. The checkout shows the methods available to you.
Can I cancel at any time?
Yes. You can cancel in your account settings at any time, without contacting us. You keep Plus until the end of the period you have paid for, and then your account moves to the Free Plan.
Can I get a refund?
Refunds are handled by Paddle.com, our Merchant of Record, under Paddle's Refund Policy. You can request one at paddle.net or from your receipt. See our Refund Policy for details.
What languages are available?
Foambyte is designed for an international brewing community and is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Can I use Foambyte for a commercial brewery?
Yes. Foambyte is especially suited to nano breweries and small producers that need a straightforward way to organize recipes, batches, tanks, and production information.
How can I get started?
Open your free account, create your first recipe (or use one of Foambyte's samples), and turn it into a batch when you are ready to brew.



