Copy Recipes Instead of Starting from Scratch

The Problem

You've perfected your Summer IPA recipe and now you want to create a Winter version with different hops. You could manually recreate the entire recipe—same malt bill, same yeast, same fermentation schedule—just changing the hop varieties. But that means re-entering dozens of ingredients, steps, temperatures, and timings. It's tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone.

The Solution

The Copy Recipe feature duplicates an existing recipe with all ingredients, steps, tasks, temperatures, and settings intact. You get a complete clone in seconds, ready for tweaking. Perfect for seasonal variations, experimental batches, and creating similar beer styles without repetitive data entry.

How to Use It

1. Navigate to Brewery → Products
2. Find the recipe you want to copy
3. Click the recipe's menu (three dots or gear icon)
4. Select Copy Recipe
5. Give your new recipe a name:
   • Original: "Summer IPA"
   • Copy: "Winter IPA" or "Summer IPA - Citra Variation"
6. Click Create Copy

BarSight creates a complete duplicate with all ingredients, steps, fermentation temperatures, and brew day tasks. Now just edit the parts you want to change—swap hops, adjust temperatures, modify volumes—and save.

[SCREENSHOT: Recipe menu with Copy Recipe option highlighted]

Pro Tip

Use descriptive names for copied recipes that indicate what's different. "Summer IPA - Mosaic Dry Hop" is much clearer than "Summer IPA Copy 2." Future you will thank present you when browsing 50+ recipes.

Learn More

Once you've copied a recipe, you might want to split a batch to test variations side by side. You can also learn how to organize recipes by beer style and category as your recipe library grows.