Tools and references for serious craft fermenters.
Five batch trackers across beer, mead, wine, and cider — plus calculators, references, and a free cheat sheet you'll reach for every brew day.
Five volumes, one per craft.
Each volume is built around a single craft, with the back-matter references the maker actually pulls from at the bench.
The math, with sources.
Every formula is shown on the page. Every citation is visible. Every result is printable.
ABV Calculator
From original to final gravity, with the formula and citations visible.
Open the calculatorHydrometer Temperature Correction
Adjust readings taken outside the hydrometer's calibration temperature.
Open the calculatorPriming Sugar Calculator
Bottle-conditioning sugar dose by beer volume and temperature.
Open the calculatorMead Must Builder
Honey weight and water volume for any target gravity.
Open the calculatorWine SO2 Calculator
Molecular SO2 from free SO2 and pH, with K-meta dose for any batch.
Open the calculatorCider Gravity Targets
Required OG and sugar addition for any cider style.
Open the calculatorThe home fermenter's workshop.
Cellar Bench publishes reference books and tools for serious home fermenters. Scope is fermentation: alcoholic ferments under the R J Barley editorial byline, food ferments to follow under separate imprints. No gardening. No distilling.
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