Privacy Policy

Homebrew Guide (operated under homebrewguide.site) is an educational reference compendium. We do not mandate user account creation, we do not require login credentials, and we do not process commercial financial transactions directly on our servers. The categories of information we may collect include:

• Automated Log & Network Telemetry: When you access our servers, technical connection metadata is automatically recorded, including your pseudonymous Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, preferred language, referring URL, time stamps, and requested resource URIs.
• Interactive Tool State & Usage Metrics: Aggregate parameters entered into client-side brewing calculators (such as target original gravity, boil volume, or yeast strain selections) are evaluated locally in your browser and aggregated anonymously to identify which styles and formulas are most frequently referenced.
• Direct Communications: If you elect to submit feedback, report calculation errata, or send editorial inquiries via email, we collect your email address and any voluntary correspondence provided.

Notice: We never sell, rent, monetize, or broker personal identification records or email address databases to data brokers or marketing consortiums.

We process collected telemetry strictly for legitimate operational purposes:

Our platform uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), operating under measurement identifier G-MFSGQXPLWX.

GA4 utilizes cookies and client identifiers to measure user interaction trends on an aggregate level. In compliance with privacy standards, GA4 does not log or store individual IP addresses; IP masking and regional European data processing controls are enabled by default.

You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing your return visits by disabling cookies in your browser or by installing the official Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

We utilize browser cookies and client-side localStorage to maintain core platform presentation:

• Interface State (Essential): The key homebrewguide-theme in your browser's localStorage remembers your visual theme preference (Light or Dark mode). It contains zero personal identifiers and never leaves your device.
• Measurement Cookies: First-party cookies set by GA4 (_ga and _ga_*) to distinguish unique browser sessions over time.

For exhaustive cookie classifications, retention windows, and browser-specific opt-out instructions, please review our dedicated Cookie Policy.

Our guides, equipment reviews, yeast profiles, hop catalog, and grain compendium contain hyperlinks to third-party commercial suppliers, including Amazon.com (under Associate tag homebrew079-20) and specialty brewing retailers.

When you click an outbound affiliate link, the merchant's site receives attribution referral information and may place its own session cookies in your browser in accordance with its independent privacy policy. Homebrew Guide exercises no operational control over third-party merchant data collection practices.

Please consult our full Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure for complete information on how commercial referral links function.

Residents of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, and other states with comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation enjoy specific statutory rights:

To submit a verifiable consumer rights request under any applicable US state statute, submit your request through our Contact Form.

If you visit our site from the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, your data is governed by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) or the UK Data Protection Act 2018:

• Lawful Bases for Processing: We process technical server data based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in securing our platform, preventing abuse, and ensuring mathematical calculation accuracy. Where analytics cookies require consent, processing is governed by Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
• Data Subject Rights: You hold the right to Access (Art. 15), Rectification (Art. 16), Erasure / Right to be Forgotten (Art. 17), Restriction of Processing (Art. 18), Data Portability (Art. 20), and Objection (Art. 21).
• Cross-Border Data Transfers: Telemetry transmitted to cloud infrastructure outside the EEA/UK is protected under Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission.
• Supervisory Authority: You maintain the right to lodge a formal complaint with your local EU Data Protection Authority (DPA) or the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Canada (PIPEDA & Quebec Law 25): We process personal data in compliance with the ten fair information principles articulated under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial laws.

Australia (Privacy Act 1988): We adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) governing transparent data collection, data minimization, and cross-border disclosure standards.

Homebrew Guide is an educational compendium dedicated to the fermentation of beer, ale, and lager. This website is intended solely for individuals who are of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction (21 years of age or older in the United States; 18 or 19 years of age in the UK, Canada, Australia, and other jurisdictions).

We do not knowingly solicit, collect, or maintain personal identification data from children under the age of 13 in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), nor from individuals under 16 or under the legal drinking age. If we discover that personal data of an underage individual has been submitted, we will immediately purge such data from our systems.

We implement industry-standard administrative and technical safeguards, including HTTPS SSL/TLS cryptographic protocols for all data in transit. Server logs are purged on rolling schedules.