diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/listPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/listPage.jsx
index 86570ec46..2696d4e7a 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/listPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/listPage.jsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const ListPage = createClass({
 	sortBrewOrder : function(brew){
 		if(!brew.title){brew.title = 'No Title';}
 		const mapping = {
-			'alpha'   : _.deburr(brew.title.toLowerCase()),
+			'alpha'   : _.deburr(brew.title.trim().toLowerCase()),
 			'created' : moment(brew.createdAt).format(),
 			'updated' : moment(brew.updatedAt).format(),
 			'views'   : brew.views,
diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 520dd154e..f10b6ff5e 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ app.get('/user/:username', async (req, res, next)=>{
 	}
 
 	req.brews = _.map(brews, (brew)=>{
+		// Clean up brew data
+		brew.title = brew.title?.trim();
+		brew.description = brew.description?.trim();
 		return sanitizeBrew(brew, ownAccount ? 'edit' : 'share');
 	});
 
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 52f5cf88f..b394b2ee7 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ const api = {
 		brew.text = api.mergeBrewText(brew);
 
 		_.defaults(brew, DEFAULT_BREW);
+
+		brew.title = brew.title.trim();
+		brew.description = brew.description.trim();
 	},
 	newGoogleBrew : async (account, brew, res)=>{
 		const oAuth2Client = GoogleActions.authCheck(account, res);
@@ -217,6 +220,8 @@ const api = {
 		const { saveToGoogle, removeFromGoogle } = req.query;
 		let afterSave = async ()=>true;
 
+		brew.title = brew.title.trim();
+		brew.description = brew.description.trim() || '';
 		brew.text = api.mergeBrewText(brew);
 
 		if(brew.googleId && removeFromGoogle) {