Brewers Almanack vs Hindsight

In-depth architectural comparison of the Brewers Almanack and Hindsight MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Brewers Almanack when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: search_styles, search_ingredients, diagnose_off_flavour.

Explore Brewers Almanack Details

Choose Hindsight when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: HINDSIGHT_API_LLM_API_KEY.
• Primary tools included: Long-term agent memory, Retain, recall, and reflect operations, Named memory banks.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Brewers Almanack gregario Knowledge & Memory	Hindsight vectorize-io Knowledge & Memory
Summary	A brewing knowledge MCP server with beer styles (BJCP 2021), 113 hop varieties, malts, yeasts, water profiles, off-flavour diagnosis, recipe suggestions, and food pairings.	Hindsight: Agent Memory That Works Like Human Memory - Built for AI Agents to manage Long Term Memory
Category & Scope	Knowledge & Memory

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gregario-brewers-almanack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "brewers-almanack"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vectorize-io-hindsight": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skills"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HINDSIGHT_API_LLM_API_KEY": "YOUR_HINDSIGHT_API_LLM_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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